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Age Effects on Inattentional Blindness: Implications for Driving

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: We may fail to notice things in our environment because our attention is directed somewhere else, a phenomenon called inattentional blindness. Our susceptibility to inattentional blindness increases as we age. We explored three potential moderators of the age and inattentional blindness relationship: (1) the spatial proximity of the unexpected object to our focus of attention; (2) the match between the features of the unexpected object and those we have prioritized—our attention set; and (3) the salience of the unexpected object. Using a large sample of participants, we found no evidence that any of these moderate the effect that age has on inattentional blindness; the effect of age is robust. We discuss the implications for older drivers.

Source: Lecture notes in computer science

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39949-2_42

Authors: Cary Stothart, Walter Boot, Daniel Simons, Neil Charness, Timothy Wright

Institutions: Florida State University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Language: English

Topic: Visual Attention and Saliency Detection

Subfield: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $5,392

OpenAlex ID: W2506267634