introspection illusion

noun

A cognitive bias by which people wrongly think that they have direct insight into the origins of their mental states, while treating other people's introspections as unreliable.

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Meanings

nounintrospection illusion (plural introspection illusions)

plural introspection illusions

  1. A cognitive bias by which people wrongly think that they have direct insight into the origins of their mental states, while treating other people's introspections as unreliable.
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