Researcher at Yale
Co-coined the term 'illusion of explanatory depth' with Rozenblit, researching cognitive biases in knowledge perception.
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The illusion of explanatory depth is a cognitive bias where people believe they understand complex topics better than they actually do, particularly affecting explanatory knowledge about causal patterns.
“Co-coined the term 'illusion of explanatory depth' with Rozenblit, researching cognitive biases in knowledge perception.”