Comments on: Berlin Plan #1: The Change Blindess Experiment

By: Berlin cognitive science safari: report « Mind Hacks

Berlin cognitive science safari: report « Mind Hacks — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:19:02 +0000

[...] After the talk was the real highlight – a cognitive science safari where we went out into the city and tried out some interventions based on classic experiments from psychology. Demonstration of strange allure of a crowd all looking the same way worked reasonably well (looking up is definitely more attention-capturing than horizontal gaze). So did ‘reading’ someone’s country of origin from their appearance alone, but the real treat of the tour was the change blindness ‘door’ experiment [...]

By: Meet me in Berlin « Mind Hacks

Meet me in Berlin « Mind Hacks — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 08:43:31 +0000

[...] to find out what's going on inside your brain. « A delusional life on film Berlin Plan #1: The Change Blindess Experiment [...]

By: Berlin plan #3: Instant social knowledge through unconscious perception « Mind Hacks

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:22:16 +0000

[...] be leading in Berlin on the 11th of July. Regular readers will recall that I first wanted to try a field test of the change blindness phenomenon, and to follow that up with an exercise in contaigous attention. For my final trick, I’m [...]

By: brianonell

brianonell — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:19:34 +0000

I have seen this in the BBC as well. They had students in the library replace another student while talking to a patron. The results showed that many patrons did not even notice the switch.

By: Dan Simons

Dan Simons — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:58:00 +0000

In case you’re interested, here’s a video from our 1998 study:

By: Berlin plan #2: Contagious attention « Mind Hacks

Berlin plan #2: Contagious attention « Mind Hacks — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:21:20 +0000

[...] I described how I’ll be trying to revive a classic change blindness experiment. For my next trick, I plan to re-mix another classic experiment. This is one by famed social [...]

By: James Coakes

James Coakes — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 08:47:52 +0000

I can probably help, it sounds interesting. I organise Treasure Hunts for corporate clients.

By: Old Hippie

Old Hippie — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 07:35:54 +0000

Speaking of not noticing things you’re supposed to be aware of, is the word “Blindness” deliberately spelled wrong in the title?