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Change blindness, aging, and cognition

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Rizzo, Matthew, Sparks, JonDavid, McEvoy, Sean, Viamonte, Sarah, Kellison, Ida, Vecera, Shaun P.·2009·Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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Change blindness (CB), the inability to detect changes in visual scenes, may increase with age and early Alzheimer's disease (AD). To test this hypothesis, participants were asked to localize changes in natural scenes. Dependent measures were response time (RT), hit rate, false positives (FP), and true sensitivity (d'). Increased age correlated with increased sensitivity and RT; AD predicted even slower RT. Accuracy and RT were negatively correlated. Differences in FP were nonsignificant. CB correlated with impaired attention, working memory, and executive function. Advanced age and AD were associated with increased CB, perhaps due to declining memory and attention. CB could affect real-world tasks, like automobile driving.

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Authors
Rizzo, M., Sparks, J., McEvoy, S., Viamonte, S., Kellison, I., & Vecera, S. P.
Affiliations
  • University of Iowa (US)
  • Yale University (US)
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
  • University of Florida (US)
Corresponding author
Rizzo, Matthew
Venue
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
Published
2009-01-22
Volume
31
Issue
2
Pages
245-256
ISSN
  • 0165-0475 (ISSN-L)
  • 1380-3395
  • 1744-411X
OpenAlex
W1978464180
Cited by
44
References
80
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
FWCI
1.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (NIA AG 17077, R01AG015071, R01AG017177, NIA AG 15071)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Visual Attention and Saliency Detection
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
change blindness, aging, Alzheimer's disease, attention, working memory, executive function, reaction time (psychology), sensitivity, false positives, driving
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aging, Alzheimer Disease, Awareness, Blindness, Cognition, Cognition Disorders, False Positive Reactions, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time, Visual Acuity, Visual Perception, Young Adult

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