The effects of attention and memory representations on change blindness during global motion direction transients in traffic-scene images

Key Points

• This research investigates how attention and memory representations influence change blindness in traffic scenes during motion direction changes.
• Conducted three experiments manipulating motion speed, path, and change type.
• Examined the effect of memory encoding duration on change detection accuracy.
• Analyzed the influence of probabilistic expectations on change detection performance.
• Rapid motion significantly increases change blindness during turning conditions but not in straight conditions.
• Longer memory coding times help alleviate change blindness to a limited extent.
• Higher expectations around change locations improve detection performance.