Change blindness: Theory or paradigm?

The present paper examines a number of recent findings from the induced cha nge blindness literature in an attempt to determine what these findings rev eal about the role of attention in perception. The conclusion is drawn that change blindness research reveals that attention is necessary to raise a s timulus to a level of awareness (e.g. verbal report), as has been shown in related literatures, e.g. eye movement, masking, and the attentional blink. Some research possibilities employing the change blindness paradigm are su ggested, which may prove useful in future research efforts.