University of Central Florida STARS HIM 1990-2015 2013 The effect of an auditory stimulus on change blindness Shane McCormack University of Central Florida Part of the Psychology Commons Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015 University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in HIM 1990-2015 by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Recommended Citation McCormack, Shane, "The effect of an auditory stimulus on change blindness" (2013). HIM 1990-2015. 1431. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/1431 THE EFFECT OF AN AUDITORY STIMULUS ON CHANGE BLINDNESS by SHANE MCCORMACK A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Honors in the Major Program in Psychology in the College of Sciences and in the Burnett Honors College at the University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Spring Term 2013 Thesis Chair: Dr. Mark Neider ABSTRACT This research examined whether or not an auditory stimulus would affect rates of change blindness. Change blindness occurs when there is a failure to detect an obvious change to a visual scene. For this experiment 40 participants were asked to determine if a change occurred between two pictures. This involved an original picture shown for 1 second, a neutral screen shown for 50 milliseconds and then either a modified version of the original image or the same image for 1 second and then repeated. Participants then determined whether a change occurred in the visual display.