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A LITTLE GAME ABOUT NOTICING

Something’s Off.

Look around the kitchen and try to spot what changes.

THE KITCHEN
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Think you’ll notice?

Study the kitchen before the lights go out, then tap the object that changed when they come back on.

5 ROUNDS · ABOUT A MINUTE

THE RULES ARE SIMPLE

Look for the change after the lights come back on

You can play with a timer or take your time.

Four seconds to look. Seven to find it.
Why this game?

We can look straight at something and still miss a change. This game borrows from research on change blindness, where a brief interruption can make surprisingly large changes difficult to spot.

It belongs with The Quiet Cost’s questions about what we pay attention to and what we leave unpracticed. It is a game inspired by research, not a validated test or treatment.

Read the change-blindness study ↗

Scoring: 100 points for a find, up to 70 for speed, minus 20 per wrong object. Take-your-time mode has no speed bonus. Wrong taps do not end the round. Pause hides the kitchen. You can use Tab and Enter to select objects.