Can you spot what's changing in the clinical environment?
Press Start Scenario. Look closely. Something is changing. Click it when you find it.
Change Blindness is the surprising difficulty observers have in noticing changes to visual scenes when the change is accompanied by a brief visual disruption (like a flicker, a blink, or looking away).
In this simulation, we use the Flicker Paradigm. The brief white screen interrupts the "motion transients" that would normally grab your attention. Without these cues, you are forced to use slow, serial scanning (looking at one object at a time) to verify the scene's consistency.
Clinical Relevance: In a busy environment (e.g., resus or ICU), looking down at your notes and back at the patient is enough to induce change blindness. You might miss a significant change in pallor, monitor rhythm, or equipment status because your visual system assumes the scene is stable.