Comments on: Change Blindness; you cannot be aware of everything.

By: Maytag818

Maytag818 — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

They would be …
They would be focusing on the guy.

By: AlaskanYeti

AlaskanYeti — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

The desk experiment …
The desk experiment could fail, because I would have instinctively looked over the counter a little. I tend to do that, I think a lot of other people probably do also.

By: LethalInterjection

LethalInterjection — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

Definitely true.
Definitely true.

By: sixthcrusifix

sixthcrusifix — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

I imagine if the …
I imagine if the person saw something they admired in the guy behind the desk (i.e. they were checking him out) they would know if it was a different guy because features they were focusing on would have changed.

By: SpinozasPsyche

SpinozasPsyche — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

@xxSeishuku It’s …
@xxSeishuku It’s something like that. It could be even something more subtle like: “This guy wears his hear just like my brother”.Or, “that colour shirt doesn’t really suit him”.

By: TonyBtheEG

TonyBtheEG — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

LOL.
LOL.

By: dirtyhyde8

dirtyhyde8 — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

I guess everybody …
I guess everybody suffers from mild face blindness.

By: elpinta

elpinta — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

that usually …
that usually happens when im high

By: xxSeishuku

xxSeishuku — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

I think the women …
I think the women who noticed were thinking “wow, he’s cute” or something, and when the other one comes up it’s more like “he’s not cute! who is this guy?”.

By: HarlequinByProxy

HarlequinByProxy — Sat, 08 May 2010 23:53:17 +0000

Both of the people …
Both of the people they showed who noticed were female. I bet that if they did the same experiment with two different women, men would notice more.