Inattentional Blindness

Short Description: Inattentional blindness (IB) is the failure to notice salient events while one is paying attention to something else. IB has been widely replicated but has never been measured in a nationally representative sample. We measure IB’s prevalence and its association with ADHD and autism, and with socio-demographic background.

Methodological Details: A computer-generated video of white and black squares and circles moving on a gray background was shown, in which participants count the number of times one type of shape touches the side of the display area, and are asked whether they saw a new shape move across the screen.

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Contact	Year	Respondents	Dataset	Variables	Availability	Field	Method
Dalton Conley, Princeton University [E-Mail]	2014,2018	1370 in 2014, 872 in 2018	inno	iabaut6, iabm5, iabaut7, iabm1, iabaut9, iabb11, iabrn, iabaut10, iabaut5, iabfj, iabaut3, iabm2, iabd, iabm3, iabn, iabr, im_ib, iabaut1, iabsplit, iabfn, iabaut2, iabj, iabm6, iabaut8, iabm4, iabb12, iabb2, iabrj, iabaut4	04/2017	Psychology	Stimulus material (images) and survey items