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  • I always look at their hair eyes then clothes when i see someone new :)

  • Put a short asian guy and a tall black guy to switch with each other. Lets see the statistics now.

  • yeah do the same with non americans / non retards. no wonder americans come up with those stupid psychological conclusions all the time

  • If you put two women and changed them i'm sure the guys would notice.

  • ONE OF THE UNSOLVED ISSUES FOUND WAS.. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO CAN.. AND CANNOT TELL.. maybe you could redo the experiment using different subjects, like people who live lives in the more "aware" state such as soldiers, fighters, gangsters. These kinds of people usually have better awareness in surroundings because they live life with a neccesity to do so. there is also a small amount of other people who DO have "better" awareness skills like people with minor ADD, other shit

  • Now, how many of you noticed that the first time Prof Daniel J Simons appeared he wore a red shirt, but the next time he appeared his shirt was blue? ;)

  • @Mardrommen

    This comment can not be thumbed up enough.

  • maybe the 2 girls at the end was checking the counter guy out, so they noticed

  • what i think is you should always take in mind that every person is somewhere different in their psyche depending on their short past and events which will then affect their mental state at that given time. eg A is thinking about the conversation he had with his girlfriend and replaying the senario in his head, while B has nothing much going in his head at that given time and is more open to information around him.

    I will conclude this by saying this experiment in a failure

  • The word "homosexual" is more appropriate and accurate than the word "gay".

    A person does not need religion, hatred or any kind of phobia in order to acknowledge important, qualitative differences between heterosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption and homosexual attraction / behavior / marriage / adoption.

    Homosexual activists, with complete support from the media, have succeeded at framing themselves as noble victims and martyrs; it's an effective way to push a social agenda.

  • 2:57 NUuhoo

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  • I'm just letting you all know here, this is an invalid experiment. I thought it was real at first, but its not that its fake - its just the second man that arises up from the counter begins to give her instruction - it is not that they think it is one person or don't remember - because most females would. It's just that most people who are peons in a study will accept the command of authority. Especially if it has to do with the consent form - or if they're just expected to move instead of gosit

  • @doomality Its not invalid, its just one of many experiments like this. Your not making sense in your logic. The experiment is about finding out what percentage of a given population which seems in this one experiment to be students of all ages, if they can identify two different people that are similar in appearance. Sound like you don't understand how these experiments work. The whole idea is to find out how people behave and how our brain works. Not a reality tv show.

  • @Kiljoy616 i do understand - its got no particular demographic. its a random sample of students coming in, but where do they provide data? where do they say, okay, these students identified the change and these ones didn't. they explain the experiment in such a way that it is oversimplistic, and you cannot just trust all experiments that do not provide you the proper numbers, or procedure. its not the actual sample thats wrong - it is just an experiment that cannot draw inference.

  • @Kiljoy616: 1) What you're watching here it's a synthetic VIDEO of the experiments done, not the experiment itself. Therefore, you don't have enough scientific elements to judge the experiment here, you can only assess what the VIDEO says (and there's quite a big difference between the two things: a synthetic video is not an experiment).

  • @kiljoy616 2) I don't really understand the conclusion of your comment. We do draw interesting & correct inferences from such experiments: can you prove the contrary? Besides, and more in general, remember that human mind/brain's have been selected also for their ability to draw tendentially correct inferences. Also Experimental Pragmatics suggests that, given a context of assumptions made up of both verbal and non-verbal information, we do draw correct inferences even from a word or a sentence.

  • I read about this before, but it really makes me wonder what changes ive missed in my life.....

  • I think a lot of this has to do with two things: 1) Societal conditioning. We are conditioned to see people more like generic "roles", for example these guys are just "the guy at the desk". They don't see them as a person....the second thing is the color and voice similarity. Their shirts are different colors, but their ties match their shirts exactly. The colors are all one palette. This probably affects them visually. The similarities are too strong for this to be really conclusive.

  • @TheInfamousBertman I don't think this is Social Conditioning, this is hard wiring. This is just one of many types of studies showing how automated we really are. Social Conditioning is actually more with Religion and norms we expect society to abide by, food for example you eat is based on social conditioning, not everyone follows it but the majority of society would not tolerate what other people eat that their society find acceptable. Scorpions, monkeys, dog, tarantulas...

  • I'm sure people noticed, they probably walked away with a "WTF going through their minds"

  • I'm not sure if I would have noticed. I never pay attencion.

  • no one noticed that the professor's shirt changed?

    first it's red then it's blue.

  • How the FUCK do you NOT notice they switched?

  • @VeroniqueVex911 Simple the brain has limitation and it can't process everything. Same reason you may have something right in front of you and you still don't see it. Our brain is not that good. We just day dream it is.

  • Haha imagine a science where all you do is pull pranks on people. It's a dream come true!

  • @adamtequalsgreat But this prank does teach us about human limits which people tend to think are limitless.

  • I bet that if the second guy were black they would have noticed.

  • @DarthKrattus nope, there's another video in here where they change color and even gender. People don't notice.

    

  • @DarthKrattus Nope wrong, actually they done this with more people and then had a guy in a gorilla suit go thought the crowd and people just did not see it. Educate your self first.

  • @Kiljoy616 1. I was joking. Calm down.

    2. I have seen that experiment before.

    3. That would be a totally different concept. In that experiment, you are TOLD to concentrate on players, whereas in this one you are an active participant and are talking to the man anyway. To make your comparison fair, imagine if you were talking to a man and a second later he was wearing a gorilla suit.

    Educate yourself first.

  • @DarthKrattus Not necessarily, many don't even look at the face or hands, they are looking elsewhere, but you are still right, it would up the odds of someone noticing.

  • @HostileHST I know, ha ha. My comment was meant to be a joke; nothing more. I agree with you.

  • If you 'appreciate' one of the person's looks and the other, not as much, surely you'd notice the difference?

  • People fail at seeing things that go right under their noses. Now tell me that 9/11 couldn't have been an inside job.

  • shapeshifters, i would trip balls. 

  • You could name this video:

    "Why magic works."

    Many magic tricks use this very concept to make things appear and disappear. Except they are a bit more deliberate about hiding the change by misdirection.

  • Finally, that explains why I can't find the car keys or my wallet in the morning!!

  • Well I'm sure these people are from a wide array of subjects tested... but yes, this is a valid phenomena... there's actually a Derren Brown flick where he is replaced by people that look absolutely nothing like him....

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  • How many men noticed it and how many women noticed it. I feel like there was something involving sexuality that was a definite variable in this experiment.

  • @ThisGuysRetarded *nods* Woman tend to notice male change more and males seem to notice a woman changing more often. Like the doc said. If the focus is on the person they are more likely to spot the change.

  • So that's how we got from Bush to Obama yet ended up with the same bullshit :-)

  • So that's how we got from Bush to Obama yet ended up with the same bullshit :-)

  • they are pretty good looking guys I wonder if females noticed more

  • Derren Brown also did a similar thing. 1 person went up to a random stranger and asked for them to point out a location on a map. Then they're interrupted by two people carrying a large painting, and the person with the map swaps with a painting carrier. At one point they switched a white man for a black man, and the person didn't notice. It's amazing how much our minds can ignore.

  • cool shiz!

  • I find it brilliant. Was sent to the video from a lecture on perception.

  • Stumbled from Jax, Florida... I love experiments like these! Anyone on here know of some other cool psych videos I could watch??

  • @Smoochie789

    stumbleupon, choose psychology

  • @Smoochie789

    "Akinetopsia' I haven't searched but thats a pretty crazy thing. People can't construct motion so things jump around lol

  • Just goes to show 75% of people don't pay attention

  • Am i the only one who noticed the change in Daniel Simons' appearance? First a red shirt then a blue.

  • @z4rizzle Wow, well seen!

  • @z4rizzle Haha I didn't notice that :D

  • Some people are just pure idiotic.

  • ...so what?

    I mean: what's the point man!?

  • By the way, the sentence "Some people are just pure idiotic" IS a pure truism... it's like saying "some days are better than others" :-)

  • @Nonconceptualcontent  Not to the idiotic

  • @Nonconceptualcontent you mean they are tautologies

  • @Nonconceptualcontent

    "Purely" would be better though.

    Awell.

  • @TheBookArchive these people are students at harvard.. so really.. they're the opposite of idiotic

  • @TheBookArchive according to this experiment, odds are you would do the same

  • @TheBookArchive Stop doing psychological experiments in stupid America and them globalize it like every human on Earth is an idiot like that. Harvard...don't be a genius where there is no problem, not let personal branding or politics stand in the way of a great school history.

  • @ifdamian change blindness is a robust effect! It was not 'globalized' by americans. It's human cognition, and the experiment has been run THOUSANDS of times in all different countries.

  • @xmasterhand Then show me that! Show me the percentages in each country., Ok, i agree, the effect might have some scientific foundation, I'm not challenging that, i hate the generalization on psychological tests. Tell me the numbers in Russia, in Germany, in France, show me documentation, not just a 4 minute clip; this is neither educational, or truth, or funny or whatever. It's just a small PR scheme meant to have a Ooou effect on the common mind; It's commonly know as Bullsh*t.

  • i can link you to thousands of psychological studies conducted in different countries, i will inbox you if you really are this hard headed. Psychology does not generalize if the sample is not generalizable. It is a statistical science like any other science out there. If cognitive studies like this had never been conducted a wide variety of information about scene and object perception would never had been discovered. Perhaps before you make naive comments, try researching yourself.

  • @ifdamian your probably not intelligent enough to make an educated opinion yourself, or have the cognitive ability to read one of those articles. never mind , believe what you want to believe. I dont believe they would publish this effect in hundreds of textbooks all over the world if it were simply an Oooou effect.

    anyway good luck with your life... youre either a child or a very very stupid person :)

  • @xmasterhand ...I'm not saying your stupid, but naive :) Psychology as a whole is not a fully fledged science; it has so many gaps and holes, especially in the research department, i really don't wanna get into it right now because it would take to much of my time right now and i don't consider your expertise as something to challenge, young padawan.

  • @xmasterhand If you made an assumption about me then let me make one about you: i believe you're a student that really doesn't know anything about the world, probably a masters in some wanna-be-future-cr*p-major science and guess what, good for you. You probably have it easy, surfing, living la vida loca, and that's all good, get your groove on but let the educated opinions to the educated ones and stay a mindless zombie, like a good boy.

  • @TheBookArchive You're wrong, it's not some, it's most, close to all.

  • @TheBookArchive No just you. This shows that most people don't see as much as they think. These experiments show that what a person may see is not what they actually saw. Like when people point out the wrong person to police. Now go back to bed your do in 5th grade tomorrow.

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  • So what I want to know is how to overcome a more than moderate case of change blindness. It's a pain in the rear when you have to look and look for something that is in plain sight.

  • Yeah....and......?

  • stumbled from Gainesville FL.

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  • Stumbled from your mother, now stop stumbling

  • Or they naturally pay attention to people more because they are naturally more socially adept. Specifically only 1 of the examples that didn't notice was a women, and all of the people who did were women.

  • Stumbled from your moms bed

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  • i didn't stumble i was linked from highDEAS haha

  • Stumbled Oklahoma. This is weird...

  • Stumbled Dallas Texas. This blew my mind.

  • Corinth here. Crazy, Huh?

    (Also, the snow's crazy too.)

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  • fucking lamebrains

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  • stumbled from virginia. is stumble upon the only way people even find this video?

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  • this is stupid...the people are probably to nervous to say anything

  • 109chickenwing... did you even watch the video at all?

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  • idiots. didnt anyone realize the people who noticed the change were women and the ones who didnt were men.

  • stumbled from san diego.

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  • for all we know, this could be completely faked and feeding the rest of us false information, as a social experiment.

  • Stumbled from Michigan.

  • this experiment is kind of pointless. why study people reactions to meaningless changes? i wouldnt notice completely because i dont give a fuck about who im interacting with, i just care about what im doing. If a doctor left while i was getting a physical and a new one stepped in 5sec later i wouldnt notice.

  • @amarch20 Woah you sound educated, the point of this study was to prove the hypothesis, to prove SOMETHING. It doesn't have to change the world, just reveal evidence to support a claim. Simply because you don't get it right away doesn't mean its pointless.

  • @bazookafox Im just saying it seems obvious to me most people wouldn't notice because i for sure would not. And don't criticize my level of education; I'm in pharmacy school and your name is bazookafox. are you twelve? or just simple?

  • It is not pointless. I stumbled onto this video from a lawyers blog and as you can see eye witness testimony is not always reliable

  • oh come on we all know what they say about lawyers......

    jk. i guess you have a point. but the guy who ran this experiment even said the pattern could be based on coincidence. to really be valid the experiment would have to include more variables like race, gender, and eyesight to help reveal real patterns. i guess its a new theory i was a little quick to criticize.

  • great video

    stumbled from texas

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  • @harpy515 , Same.

  • Absolutely terrifying.

  • Did anybody else notice that Prof. Simons is wearing a red shirt in the beginning and blue one at the end?

  • ...yes!!!

    Cheers,

    F

  • Okay, nice one, didn't catch that AT ALL..

    Sounds like an obvious little trick too..

  • Stumbled from Whistler, Canada

  • Derren Brown did a version of this using people on the street looking at a map and looking for directions.

  • great video...

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  • i stumbled...then i brushed myself off and thought who gives a fuck. ground breaking...waste of camera and time. jesus hairy christ.....NEXT.

  • Stumbled from Florida. Very interesting video!

  • @millball: Agreed. Stumbled from SC.

  • Stumbled from NY and very glad I did! This was really interesting!

  • Interesting observation lol. Stumbled from Canada

  • I think they know. They just don't give a fuck.

  • @kickasskicker50 LMFAO.

  • AHHAHAHA

  • hahaha amazing!

  • Wow, that is amazing, the fact that those people walk around day to day, thinking they are totally aware seems to have been disproved. XD I love science.

  • wow this is trippin me out, im gonna try to notice EVERYTHING from now on lol

  • that's amazing.

  • TruBlueRepublicanSue ,

    People that notice something like this will go further in life by having some sort of awareness attribute and anyone who would call anybody a "retard" displays who they truly are. leave the part if you really are a Pub. You're a disgrace.

  • pinochet222,

    If you took time to notice, which you didn't and that makes you as dumb as the people in this video, you would realize (just take a look at your post) that no one has a clue who you are replying to when you use reply. So, that's why I use your name and don't use the reply button.

    Your fries are now burned so you'll have to look for another job, please try to pay attention, and my balls are fine. You may now gargle them.

  • wow...

    you're actually a huge faggot.

  • @iverson3324

    Wow, what an intelligent and well thought out response. You Einsteins are a blessing to youtube. Keep up the great contributions.

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  • @iverson3324 you mean a noun :)

  • just stop talking.

  • Wow... thanks for the idea.

    I'll try swapping partners and see if they noticed :D

  • my theory is that only a retard would not notice this

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  • i love the way he slashed the theory at the end

  • Shows how much people pay attention!

    Very cool!

    Stumbled from London!!!

  • Nice. Stumbled from Nashville