Long TextExercise 58 of 81

It is a truth insufficiently acknowledged that the sensation of understanding something with perfect clarity is frequently a symptom of not having understood it at all. Cognitive scientists have a term for this - the fluency illusion - and its implications extend far beyond the laboratory into the most consequential…

• What fundamental mistake does the fluency illusion cause people to make?
• What did the rereading studies reveal about students' confidence?