Smith, Tim J. and Lamont, P. and Henderson, J.M. (2012) The penny drops: change blindness at fixation. Perception 41 (4), pp. 489-492. ISSN 0301-0066.
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Abstract
Our perception of the visual world is fallible. Unattended objects may change without us noticing as long as the change does not capture attention ( change blindness). However, it is often assumed that changes to a fixated object will be noticed if it is attended. In this experiment we demonstrate that participants fail to detect a change in identity of a coin during a magic trick even though eyetracking indicates that the coin is tracked by the eyes throughout the trick. The change is subsequently detected when participants are instructed to look for it. These results suggest that during naturalistic viewing, attention can be focused on an object at fixation without including all of its features.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/p7092 |
| Keyword(s) / Subject(s): | magic, change blindness, eye movements, attention, object perception |
| School: | Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Psychological Sciences |
| Research Centres and Institutes: | Moving Image, Birkbeck Institute for the (BIMI), Brain and Cognitive Development, Centre for (CBCD) |
| Depositing User: | Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2012 07:13 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2023 16:58 |
| URI: | https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/5036 |
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