Change blindness and inattentional blindness.

@article{Jensen2011ChangeBA,
  title={Change blindness and inattentional blindness.},
  author={Melinda S. Jensen and Richard Yao and Whitney N. Street and Daniel J. Simons},
  journal={Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science},
  year={2011},
  volume={2 5},
  pages={
          529-546
        }
}
Change blindness and inattentional blindness are both failures of visual awareness. Change blindness is the failure to notice an obvious change. Inattentional blindness is the failure to notice the existence of an unexpected item. In each case, we fail to notice something that is clearly visible once we know to look for it. Despite similarities, each type of blindness has a unique background and distinct theoretical implications. Here, we discuss the central paradigms used to explore each… 
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