Editing Iconic memory (section)

===Change blindness===
The brief representation in iconic memory is thought to play a key role in the ability to detect change in a visual scene. The phenomenon of [[change blindness]] has provided insight into the nature of the iconic memory store and its role in vision. Change blindness refers to an inability to detect differences in two successive scenes separated by a very brief blank interval, or [[interstimulus interval]] (ISI).<ref name="Becker">{{cite journal|last=Becker|first=M.|author2=H. Pashler|author3=S. Anstis|year=2000|title=The role of iconic memory in change-detection tasks|journal=Perception|volume=29|issue=3|pages=273–286|doi=10.1068/p3035|pmid=10889938|s2cid=3041715 }}<!--| access-date = 2011-03-11 --></ref> As such change blindness can be defined as being a slight lapse in iconic memory.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Iconic memory requires attention|first1=Marjan|last1=Persuh|first2=Boris|last2=Genzer|first3=Robert|last3=Melara|date=20 April 2018|journal=Frontiers in Human Neuroscience|volume=6|pages=126|doi=10.3389/fnhum.2012.00126|pmid = 22586389|pmc=3345872|doi-access=free }}</ref> When scenes are presented without an ISI, the change is easily detectable.  It is thought that the detailed memory store of the scene in iconic memory is erased by each ISI, which renders the memory inaccessible. This reduces the ability to make comparisons between successive scenes.<ref name = "Becker"/>