Abstract
The phenomenon of inattentional blindness has been discussed for years, in relation to everyday life and clinical practice. Inattentional blindness refers to the common failure to notice plainly visible items when attention is otherwise preoccupied. The purpose of this study was to assess any potential difference in inattentional blindness between chiropractic students on assessing plain film radiograph, and any difference compared to expert radiologist.
Highlights
The phenomenon of inattentional blindness has been discussed for years, in relation to everyday life and clinical practice
Group 1 consisted of 2nd year students, and group 2 was 4th year student
Of the final year students 35% saw the gorilla at 75- and 100% density, whereas only 4% of the second-year student noted the figure
Summary
The phenomenon of inattentional blindness has been discussed for years, in relation to everyday life and clinical practice. Studies have assessed IB in clinical settings in relation to image modalities and found that if an object appeared on the screen in a more similar luminance to the attended object, with a lack of similarity, the more likely the observers were to notice it [3]. This finding seems reassuring as similar luminance often occurs in medical images [4]. The incidence of overlooked findings is found across different image modalities and settings; the importance goes across all professions that utilizes imaging [4]
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