Airplane pilots who fail to notice the presence of another plane taxiing across the runway as they are preparing to land are experiencing a phenomenon called

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The scenario described in the question is an example of change blindness, which refers to the inability to detect changes in a visual scene when those changes occur gradually or during a visual interruption (such as blinking). In this case, the pilots are likely experiencing change blindness because they are not detecting the gradual movement of the other plane as it crosses the runway. Visual agnosia would refer to an inability to recognize or identify visual stimuli, which is not the case here. Shape constancy refers to the ability to recognize the shape of an object regardless of its orientation, which is not relevant to the scenario. The binding problem refers to how the brain integrates different features of an object or scene (such as color, shape, and motion) into a unified percept, which is also not relevant to the scenario.

Airplane Pilots Who Fail to Notice the Presence of Another