?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Change+Detection%3A+Paying+Attention+To+Detail%0ADetail&rft.creator=Austen%2C+Erin&rft.creator=Enns%2C+James+T.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Changes+made+during+a+brief+visual+interruption+sometimes+go+undetected%2C+even+when+the+object+undergoing+the+change+is+at+the+center+of+the+observer's+interest+and+spatial+attention+(Simons+%26+Levin%2C+1998).+This+study+examined+two+potentially+important+attentional+variables+in+change+blindness%3A+spatial+distribution%2C+manipulated+via+set+size%2C+and+detail+level%2C+varied+by+having+the+change+at+either+the+global+or+local+level+of+a+compound+letter.+Experiment+1+revealed+that+both+types+of+change+were+equally+detectable+in+a+single+item%2C+but+that+global+change+was+detected+more+readily+when+attention+was+distributed+among+several+items.+Variation+of+target+level+probability+in+Experiment+2+showed+further+that+observers+could+flexibly+set+the+detail+level+in+monitoring+both+single+and+multiple+items.+Sensitivity+to+change+therefore+depends+not+only+on+the+spatial+focus+of+attention%3B+it+depends+critically+on+the+match+between+the+detail+level+of+the+change+and+the+level-readiness+of+the+observer.&rft.publisher=Psyche&rft.contributor=Wilkens%2C+Patrick&rft.date=2000-10&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1055%2F3%2Fpsyche-6-11-austen.pdf&rft.identifier=++Austen%2C+Erin+and+Enns%2C+James+T.++(2000)+Change+Detection%3A+Paying+Attention+To+Detail+Detail.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1055%2F