The Spotlight Effect

The Spotlight Effect, and the Focusing Illusion. Two biases which are the effect of subjectivity and attention:

The Spotlight Effect: People overestimate how much others are paying attention to them and so are too easily embarrassed and too worried about public disapproval ... (2/3) https://t.co/p3vyJ0t84E

— Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale) 22 de diciembre de 2018

.. and The Focusing Illusion, nicely summed up as “Nothing in life is quite as important as you think it is while you are thinking about it.” We overestimate the significance of what we're worried about. (It's usually not that bad.) (3/3) https://t.co/z5ISbGw4ZW

— Paul Bloom (@paulbloomatyale) 22 de diciembre de 2018

Atención a la atención

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