▪ Abstract Five aspects of visual change detection are reviewed. The first concerns the
concept of change itself, in particular the ways it differs from the related notions of motion and …

One of the more powerful impressions created by vision is that of a coherent, richly detailed
world where everything is present simultaneously. Indeed, this impression is so compelling …

When looking at a scene, observers feel that they see its entire structure in great detail and
can immediately notice any changes in it However, when brief blank fields are placed …

Large changes in a scene often become difficult to notice if made during an eye movement,
image flicker, movie cut, or other such disturbance. It is argued here that this change …

Change blindness is the striking failure to see large changes that normally would be noticed
easily. Over the past decade this phenomenon has greatly contributed to our understanding …

It has often been assumed that when we use vision to become aware of an object or event
in our surroundings, this must be accompanied by a corresponding visual experience (ie, …

A set of visual search experiments tested the proposal that focused attention is needed to
detect change. Displays were arrays of rectangles, with the target being the item that …

When brief blank fields are placed between alternating displays of an original and a modified
scene, a striking failure of perception is induced: The changes become extremely difficult to …

The task of visual search is to determine as rapidly as possible whether a target item is
present or absent in a display. Rapidly detected items are thought to contain features that …

Change-blindness 1 , 2 occurs when large changes are missed under natural viewing
conditions because they occur simultaneously with a brief visual disruption, perhaps caused by …