Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby

Monday, 11 June 2018

The Spotlight Effect : people don't notice you as much as you think

...In general, people aren’t paying as much attention to you as they’re paying to themselves. Nevertheless, when we’re focused on something about ourselves, we often assume that everyone else is focused on it, too. This is the heart of what social psychologists call the spotlight effect.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAxOi9EEvlM

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