Suppose that you are watching a movie. Two men are talking, and the camera focuses on a man in a blue shirt, with long sideburns. The focus shifts to the other man. Then it returns to the man in the blue shirt-but now his sideburns are about an inch shorter. If you fail to notice that he looks different, you are exhibiting

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Change blindness is a phenomenon where a person does not notice a change in a visual stimulus because the change does not alter the gist or meaning of the scene. In this scenario, failing to notice the change in the length of the man's sideburns is an example of change blindness, as the overall scene or context remains the same despite the minor alteration.

Suppose That You Are Watching a Movie