The change blindness phenomenon has a lot of practical implication in our daily lives. In a study, Change blindness and eyewitness memory, Davies and Hine (2007) conducted an experiment to test the recall ability of participants. In this experiment 40 men and 40 women were made to watch an enactment of a burglary where the burglars face changes half way. Half the participants were instructed to remember the burglar and the other half were given any specific instructions. When the participants were asked to recall the burglars face around 61% of them failed to recognize the burglar’s face. This study shows that the degree of change blindness in a person can be of greater consequence than we can think of. Eye witness testimony is held in high
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These accidents were earlier attributed to failures of attention or time gaps but current literature on change blindness tells quite a different story. In a study, Change blindness in driving scenes Galpin, Underwood & Crundall (2009), required drivers and non drivers to view a complex scene related to driving that was constantly interrupted by a flash once per second. During the flash 1 item in the scene was changed. This target was manipulated according to location and semantic relevance. Results showed an interaction between central and peripheral items with semantic relevance. Participants found it hard to detect central items that were inconsequential. This experiment throws light on the significance of change detection on learning spatial skills.
Change detection is also considered to be of high significance in combat situations. Military training and personnel selection heavily depends upon change detection tasks. In combat situation where these attention and alertness should be a 100% and a slight failure to notice a slight change in the surroundings may cost lives. (DiVita, Obermayer, Nugent, Linville, 2004). Verification of change blindness phenomenon while managing critical events on a combat information display. The knowledge of how personality type and gender influences change blindness can help consumer research. Customization and the world of advertising as well can benefit from the knowledge of change
These accidents were earlier attributed to failures of attention or time gaps but current literature on change blindness tells quite a different story. In a study, Change blindness in driving scenes Galpin, Underwood & Crundall (2009), required drivers and non drivers to view a complex scene related to driving that was constantly interrupted by a flash once per second. During the flash 1 item in the scene was changed. This target was manipulated according to location and semantic relevance. Results showed an interaction between central and peripheral items with semantic relevance. Participants found it hard to detect central items that were inconsequential. This experiment throws light on the significance of change detection on learning spatial skills.
Change detection is also considered to be of high significance in combat situations. Military training and personnel selection heavily depends upon change detection tasks. In combat situation where these attention and alertness should be a 100% and a slight failure to notice a slight change in the surroundings may cost lives. (DiVita, Obermayer, Nugent, Linville, 2004). Verification of change blindness phenomenon while managing critical events on a combat information display. The knowledge of how personality type and gender influences change blindness can help consumer research. Customization and the world of advertising as well can benefit from the knowledge of change