Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 661-667.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.06.04

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The Effect of Ecological Significance to Unexpected Stimuli on Inattentional Blindness:The Role of Emotional Valence and Fine Degree

GE Guohong1, JIN Yibo2   

  1. 1. Mental Health Counseling Center, Zhejiang Business Technology Institute, Ningbo 315012, China;
    2. Department of Psychology, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
  • Online:2015-11-15 Published:2015-11-15

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Abstract: This study adopts the sustained IB paradigm from Most S B(2000). This study takes circles, abstract faces(positive, neutral and negative faces) and real faces(positive, neutral and negative, and the balance of the gender effect) as unexpected stimuli, to study the effect of ecology on IB. The experimental findings are as following:(1) Compared to the positive faces and neutral ones, awareness rate of subjects is significantly higher than negative faces as unexpected stimuli; while awareness rate to positive faces and neutral faces is not much different.(2) Relative to circles, the awareness rate to abstract faces and real faces as unexpected stimuli is higher, while awareness rate to the abstract faces and real faces is not much different. In a word, the IB rate of negative and fine unexpected stimuli is lower, namely unexpected stimuli of strong ecological significance more easily captures attention.

Key words: inattentional blindness, unexpected stimulus, ecological sighificance, attention capture

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  • B844
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