While a man provided directions to a construction worker, two experimenters rudely interrupted by passing between them carrying a door. The man's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during this interruption illustrates

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The man's failure to notice that the construction worker was replaced by a different person during the interruption is an example of change blindness, which refers to the phenomenon where people fail to detect changes in a visual stimulus when they occur simultaneously with other visual interruptions or distractions.

While a Man Provided Directions to a Construction Worker, Two