When you fail to see what you were told to look for: inattentional blindness and task instructions.

Inattentional blindness studies have shown that an unexpected object may go unnoticed if it does not share the property specified in the task instructions. Our aim was to demonstrate that observers develop an attentional set for a property not specified in the task instructions if it allows easier p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Davies, A, Waterman, S, White, R, Davies, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013