<p>Change blindness: failure to notice large changes to the visual scene [1].</p>
<p>If you are interested in familiarity change blindness I suggest <a href="https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/f85c76cc-3b92-4830-b0cf-b379ef90dbc0/etd_pdf/5d205f7711491500575676969c138324/tovey-seeingchangeshowfamiliarityaltersourperception.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this article</a> [2].</p>
<p>Reference:</p>
<p>[1] Simons, D. J., &amp; Levin, D. T. (1997). Change blindness. Trends in cognitive sciences, 1(7), 261-267.</p>
<p>[2] Tovey, M., &amp; Herdman, C. M. (2014). Seeing changes: How familiarity alters our perception of change. Visual Cognition, 22(2), 214-238.</p>

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SerenaD
<p>What is the name of the effect which causes one to skip information that feel familiar during learning due to the confusion of familiarity and knowledge?</p>

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Cognitive ease / fluency?
Arnon Weinberg
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@ArnonWeinberg Thanks, that's a good box but I had a feeling I've heard a term specific for what I've described
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Effect of having false confidence because of confusion of familiarity and knowledge
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# Effect of having false confidence because of confusion of familiarity and knowledge

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-04-23)

What is the name of the effect which causes one to skip information that feel familiar during learning due to the confusion of familiarity and knowledge?

**Tags:** cognitive-psychology, learning, terminology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Cognitive ease / fluency?  
> **username_0**: @ArnonWeinberg Thanks, that's a good box but I had a feeling I've heard a term specific for what I've described  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-05-06. Score: 2

Change blindness: failure to notice large changes to the visual scene [1].

If you are interested in familiarity change blindness I suggest [this article](https://curve.carleton.ca/system/files/etd/f85c76cc-3b92-4830-b0cf-b379ef90dbc0/etd_pdf/5d205f7711491500575676969c138324/tovey-seeingchangeshowfamiliarityaltersourperception.pdf) [2].

Reference:

[1] Simons, D. J., & Levin, D. T. (1997). Change blindness. Trends in cognitive sciences, 1(7), 261-267.

[2] Tovey, M., & Herdman, C. M. (2014). Seeing changes: How familiarity alters our perception of change. Visual Cognition, 22(2), 214-238.


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