The "Door" Study

This video shows footage from a 1998 study by Daniel Simons and Daniel Levin in which a participant fails to notice when the person he is talking to is replaced by someone else. The study was among the first to demonstrate that the phenomenon of "change blindness" can occur outside the laboratory. This was the first of many studies by Simons, Levin, and colleagues to explore how change blindness can occur in the real world.

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[vorkiechik]

but did you see the gorilla?

[Daniel Bundrick]

Change blindness? Replace him with a girl in a cocktail dress, then we'll see how blind he is.

[CrossKiesha]

I've seen one from Darren Brown that's similar.

[RaJhon Ad]

Wheres the gorilla?!

[Carlos Piffer]

Nice observation.

[HeadsFullOfEyeballs]

...a journal interested in subjects such as Change Blindness? You don't think it's unusual that half the time if you're talking to a stranger, if they turned into a completely different person while you're looking away, you'd wouldn't even notice?

[0xDD]

> Approximately 50% of people didn’t notice the replacement

Kinda like:

Q: what is the possibility that you will go for a walk today and meet a dinosaur?

A: It’s 50% - I will either meet it or won’t

[Vince FTW]

isn't this the case of Just For Laughs??

[Foxtrop13]

somebody should try to do the same experiment in china

[LesterDaMelester]

I guess this is why magic acts are so popular.

[cdboone84]

So you're saying half of the people will notice that it's not the same person and 50% will not? What journal would publish these findings?

[Markus Steph]

And the point?