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Change Blindness
“The scene breaks for an instant. When it returns, something important is gone.”
01 / SUMMARY
In short
People can miss large changes when they coincide with a visual interruption or attention is directed elsewhere. Seeing a scene does not mean retaining a detailed copy of every element.
03 / SCENE
In the wild
During a street conversation, a door passes between two people and the conversation partner is replaced; some participants miss the switch.
04 / LIMIT
The limit
It is not a vision problem and does not show that people never represent environmental details.
FINAL NOTE
What remains
For critical reviews, compare versions side by side or use change tracking instead of trusting a continuous impression.