cognitive bias

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    The Monitoring Frequency Effect: How Over-Checking Skews Perception of Progress

    The experience of time’s passage often feels subjective, colored by expectation and engagement, as articulated in the familiar phrase, “A watched pot never boils.” While common sense suggests that keeping a close eye on progress can distort our perception of its pace, recent scientific...
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    The Monitoring Frequency Effect: How Frequent Checks Bias Productivity and Decision-Making

    Recent research, rigorously documented in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, reveals a fascinating psychological phenomenon now known as the “monitoring frequency effect”—a quantifiable distortion in how individuals perceive progress when they monitor a process more often. The...
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    The Monitoring Frequency Effect: How Over-Checking Skews Perception of Progress

    The sensation that “a watched pot never boils” is more than just an old proverb—it has real roots in how human cognition interprets progress when subjected to frequent observation. Recent research published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General by Andre Vaz, Andre Mata, and Clayton...
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