What does spotlight effect mean?

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spotlight effect

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

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The phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.

spotlight effects (plural)

main character syndrome

main character syndrome

What does spotlight effect mean?: The phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are.

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