# Prof. Justin Kruger's research on self-perception

1 May 29, 2013 ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ![ABC Online logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_042219.jpg?itok=fA6yLEvN)>

Excerpt from [ABC Online](http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/05/29/3769781.htm#.UadT3ZzNhCM) -- "So some people must be unable to appraise or evaluate their own skills accurately. And that's what David Dunning and [Justin Kruger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/justin-kruger) found way back in 1999, with their paper entitled Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognising One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments."

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