Did you see the unicycling clown? Inattentional blindness while walking and talking on a cell phone

By I. Hyman, S. Boss, Breanne M. Wise, Kira E. McKenzie, J. Caggiano. 2009

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Autonomous Vehicles That Interact With Pedestrians: A Survey of Theory and Practice (2018, background): “[68] investigate the effect of attention on pedestrian walking trajectory.”
THE PERSISTENCE OF POVERTY IN THE CONTEXT OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY: A BEHAVIORAL PERSPECTIVE (2015, background): “In yet another, people walking across a U.S. university campus were less likely to notice a clown riding a unicycle in the middle of the plaza when they were talking on a cell phone compared with those who were not (Hyman et al., 2010).”
The iPhone Effect (2016, background): “In a recent field study, Hyman, Boss, Wise, McKenzie, and Caggiano (2010) found that even in routine activities such as walking, cell phone users moved more slowly, changed directions more frequently, were less likely to acknowledge other people, and more likely to exhibit “inattentional…”
The Relation Between Smartphone Use and Everyday Inattention (2017, background): “A review of the smartphone-use literature certainly paints a negative picture of how these devices might influence cognition (Barr, Pennycook, Stolz, & Fugelsang, 2015; Gill et al., 2012; Hyman et al., 2010; Strayer, 2015).”