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.
Available Papers
Schmitt, Stefanie Y., and Markus G. Schlatterer. 2021. Poverty and limited attention. Economics & Human Biology 41, 100987. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.100987)
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Contact |
Syear |
Respondents |
Dataset |
Variables |
Availability |
Field |
Method |
Replication |
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Dalton Conley (Princeton University) |
2018 |
872 |
inno |
iabaut3, iabaut2, iabn, iabaut9, iabj, iabr, iabaut7, iabb11, iabsplit, im_ib, iabm6, iabfj, iabb12, iabaut8, iabm4, iabm1, iabm2, iabaut5, iabm3, iabb2, iabfn, iabrn, iabd, iabaut1, iabrj, iabm5, iabaut10, iabaut6, iabaut4 |
04/2021 |
Psychology |
Stimulus material (images) and survey items |
2014 |