@article{ref1,
title="Perceptual load affects change blindness in a real-world interaction",
journal="Applied cognitive psychology",
year="2018",
author="Murphy, Gillian and Murphy, Lisa",
volume="32",
number="5",
pages="655-660",
abstract="Change blindness is the striking inability to detect seemingly obvious changes that occur between views of a scene. The current study assessed perceptual load as a factor that may affect change blindness for human faces. The study had participants (n = 103) interact with a researcher in a testing room that imposed low or high perceptual load. Midway through the conversation, the researcher was replaced by another person. Thirty-nine percent of participants failed to detect the change. There was a significant effect of perceptual load, with greater change detection under low load (71%) than high load (52%). This research suggests that the perceptual load imposed by a task may have a significant effect on the likelihood of change blindness and ought to be considered in future research.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0888-4080",
doi="10.1002/acp.3441",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/acp.3441"
}