As if by Magic: An Abrupt Change in Motion Direction Induces Change Blindness. (March 2019)
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- Journal Article
- Title:
- As if by Magic: An Abrupt Change in Motion Direction Induces Change Blindness. (March 2019)
- Main Title:
- As if by Magic: An Abrupt Change in Motion Direction Induces Change Blindness
- Authors:
- Yao, Richard
Wood, Katherine
Simons, Daniel J. - Abstract:
- Magicians claim that an abrupt change in the direction of movement can attract attention, allowing them to hide their method for a trick in plain sight. In three experiments involving 43 total subjects, we tested this claim by examining whether a sudden directional change can induce change blindness. Subjects were asked to detect an instantaneous orientation change of a single item in an array of Gabor patches; this change occurred as the entire array moved across the display. Subjects consistently spotted the change if it occurred while the array moved along a straight path but missed it when it occurred as the array changed direction. This method of inducing change blindness leaves the object in full view during the change; requires no additional distractions, visual occlusion, or global transients; and worked in every subject tested here. This phenomenon joins a body of magic-inspired work that yields insights into perception and attention.
- Is Part Of:
- Psychological science. Volume 30:Number 3(2019)
- Journal:
- Psychological science
- Issue:
- Volume 30:Number 3(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 30, Issue 3 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 30
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0030-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 436
- Page End:
- 443
- Publication Date:
- 2019-03
- Subjects:
- attention -- failures of awareness -- change blindness -- motion perception -- open data -- open materials
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- 10.1177/0956797618822969 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0956-7976
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