18.08.2013 |
magazine issue | 02/2012
It’s your choice! – Or is it really?
keywords:
change blindness / choice blindness / decision making / eyewitnesses
It’s your choice! – Or is it really?
For most of us it is difficult to imagine that we could decide to buy a v-neck sweater and end up with round-neck collar without even noticing the difference. If this happened in a wide variety of situations, it would mean that we are often not fully aware of the decisions we make. According to researchers studying a phenomenon called choice blindness, this is precisely the case. Numerous studies have shown that we often fail to... / more