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phenomenon > attention phenomenon > inattentional blindness

Preferred term

inattentional blindness  

Definition(s)

  • Inability to detect an unexpected, salient, incongruous element because attention is captured by processing other elements of the scene.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Cullen, H. J., Paterson, H. M., & van Golde, C. (2022). Does experiencing inattentional blindness for crime influence eyewitness recall? Memory, 30(2), 206–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2021.2002906

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Hyman, I. E. Jr. (2016). Unaware observers: The impact of inattentional blindness on walkers, drivers, and eyewitnesses. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 5(3), 264–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmac.2016.06.011

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Hyman, I. E., Wulff, A. N., & Thomas, A. K. (2018). Crime blindness: How selective attention and inattentional blindness can disrupt eyewitness awareness and memory. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 5(2), 202–208. https://doi.org/10.1177/2372732218786749

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Neisser, U., & Becklen, R. (1975). Selective looking: Attending to visually specified events. Cognitive Psychology, 7(4), 480–494. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(75)90019-5

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Rock, I., Linnett, C. M., Grant, P., & Mack, A. (1992). Perception without attention: Results of a new method. Cognitive Psychology, 24(4), 502–534. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0285(92)90017-V

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Simons, D. J., & Chabris, C. F. (1999). Gorillas in our midst: Sustained inattentional blindness for dynamic events. Perception, 28(9), 1059–1074. https://doi.org/10.1068/p281059

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Wallisch, P., Mackey, W. E., Karlovich, M. W., & Heeger, D. J. (2023). The visible gorilla: Unexpected fast—not physically salient—Objects are noticeable. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(22), e2214930120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2214930120

    [Study type: empirical study, replication / Access: open]
  • • Wulff, A. N., & Hyman, I. E. (2022). Crime blindness: The impact of inattentional blindness on eyewitness awareness, memory, and identification. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 36(1), 166–178. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3906

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Dataset citation(s)

  • • Cullen, H. J., van Golde, C., PhD, & Paterson, H. (2021, October 5). Inattentional blindness and eyewitness memory. https://osf.io/be5an

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