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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 are surprisingly blind to changes that happen during a flicker, reload or blink. Without an unbroken motion cue, even a big change can sit in plain sight until you go hunting for it.
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.
