The gap between inattentional blindness and attentional misdirection

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    Abstract

    Kuhn and colleagues described a novel attentional misdirection approach (deliberate diversion of attention away from a visually salient stimulus) to investigate overt and covert attention mechanisms in connection with inattentional blindness (not being able to perceive something that is plainly visible because one's attention has not been focused on it). This misdirection paradigm is valuable to study the temporal relationship between eye movements and visual awareness. Although, as put forth in this comment, the link between attentional misdirection and inattentional blindness needs to be developed further. There are at least four differences between the two paradigms which concern the conceptual aspects of the unexpected object and the methodological aspects of the task design. This highlights the need for a broader theoretical framework incorporating inattentional blindness and overt and covert attention mechanisms. Two possible research lines focusing on the orienting attention research and the "selection-for-action" paradigm are discussed.

    Translated title of the contributionDie Lücke zwischen "Inattentional Blindness" und "Attentional Misdirection"
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalConsciousness and cognition : an international journal
    Volume19
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)1097-1101
    Number of pages5
    ISSN1053-8100
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 01.12.2010

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