Sabine Hiller<p>Just learned about the <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BaaderMeinhofEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BaaderMeinhofEffect</span></a>, which relies on selective attention and confirmation bias and makes you believe you&#39;re seeing something more often, even if the frequency of it hasn&#39;t actually increased. </p><p>No doubt I will see it mentioned everywhere now...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FrequencyIllusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FrequencyIllusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/FrequencyBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FrequencyBias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ConfirmationBias" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ConfirmationBias</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CognitiveBiases" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CognitiveBiases</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/what-is-the-baader-meinhof-phenomenon-the-effect-you-will-now-notice-everywhere-70595" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">iflscience.com/what-is-the-baa</span><span class="invisible">der-meinhof-phenomenon-the-effect-you-will-now-notice-everywhere-70595</span></a></p>