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Articlei-Perception

Clever Cats: Do They Utilize Change Blindness as a Covered Approaching Strategy?

Alexander Pastukhov, Claus-Christian Carbon

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Alexander PastukhovDepartment of General Psychology and Methodology, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany; Forschungsgruppe EPÆG (Ergonomics, Psychological Æsthetics, Gestalt), Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-8591
Claus-Christian CarbonDepartment of General Psychology and Methodology, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany; Forschungsgruppe EPÆG (Ergonomics, Psychological Æsthetics, Gestalt), Bamberg, Bavaria, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3446-9347

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sometimes, we do not notice big changes in our environment, if these changes occur while we perform eye movements or external events interrupt our perception. This striking phenomenon is known as "change blindness." Research on chimpanzees, macaques, and pigeons suggests that change blindness may not be unique to humans, but our understanding is limited by the difficulty of carrying out change blindness experiments in animals. However, let's have a look to the habitats of some of our most beloved four-legged friends: cats and dogs. Here, we list several online videos with cats and a husky appear to use humans' change blindness to their advantage to sneak upon them. Thus, we might be able to deduce the effects of change blindness and other perceptual phenomena from animals' behaviour. Our clear message: Watch more (cat) videos! Watch them as perceptual scientists by means of observing and analysing the cat's behaviour.

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attentionchange blindnessinattention/attention blindnesstracking/shifting attention

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PMID33680421
PMCPMC7900789

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