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Change blindness 0:33
A 33-second explainer of Change blindness, narrated over the same demo you can try yourself.
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What this video covers
We often miss changes that happen during a flicker, reload, or blink. Without a smooth motion cue, even obvious updates can slip past us until we notice them consciously.
With the mask on, the change hid in plain sight until you searched cell by cell. That is change blindness - and it is why a silent update needs a transition or a notice, or people simply won't see it happen.
