Using Mechanical Turk to Assess the Effects of Age and Spatial Proximity on Inattentional Blindness

Few studies have used online data collection to study cognitive aging. We used a large ('N' = 515) online sample to replicate the findings that inattentional blindness increases with age and with the distance of the unexpected object from the focus of attention. Critically, we assessed whe...

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Main Authors: Cary R Stothart, Walter R Boot, Daniel J Simons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Press 2015-10-01
Series:Collabra
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Online Access:http://www.collabra.org/articles/26