Change Blindness
Detect a change between two alternating scenes separated by a brief disruption (flicker, saccade, mudsplash, or gradual fade). Reveals that focal attention is required to register even large visual changes.
- Perception
- Attention
Indexed implementations 1
Metadata only — each row links to the authors' own page. A date in the last column is the last time an automated check confirmed the link loads; it is not a review of the task.
| Implementation | Source | Languages | Link checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Change Blindness Paradigm · Labvanced Samples | Labvanced samples | English | 2026-05-13 |
Key references
- Rensink, R. A., O'Regan, J. K., & Clark, J. J. (1997). To see or not to see: The need for attention to perceive changes in scenes. Psychological Science, 8(5), 368–373. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00427.x
- Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (1997). Change blindness. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1(7), 261–267. doi:10.1016/s1364-6613(97)01080-2