The telescoping effect is a phenomenon in cognitive psychology in which people misjudge how long ago an event happened. A recent event is often perceived as more distant in time than it actually was, while a more distant event is often perceived as more recent than it actually was.
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Core ClaimIn cognitive psychology, the telescoping effect is a phenomenon in which people underestimate the recency of recent events (backward telescoping), and overestimate the recency of distant events (forward telescoping). 1 First Described Year Classification
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In cognitive psychology, the telescoping effect (or telescoping bias) is a phenomenon in which people underestimate the recency of recent events (backward telescoping), and overestimate the recency of distant events (forward telescoping).
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The original work on telescoping is usually attributed to a 1964 article by Neter and Joseph Waksberg in the Journal of the American Statistical Association.
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In cognitive psychology, the telescoping effect (or telescoping bias) is a phenomenon in which people underestimate the recency of recent events (backward telescoping), and overestimate the recency of distant events (forward telescoping).
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Wikipedia article 'Telescoping effect' is filed under Category:Memory biases.
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