Change blindness: Theory and consequences

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-48

  Simons, Daniel J ^a   Ambinder, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Awareness; Change blindness; Change detection; Consciousness; Memory; Perception; Visual representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744404276     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0963-7214.2005.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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