# Professor Justin Kruger's joint research on self-perception, the Dunning-Kruger effect, is spotlighted

1 Faculty News August 14, 2019 ![Reader's Digest logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Reader%27s-Digest-logo-feature.jpg?itok=sIsfbfjN)>

Excerpt from [Reader's Digest](https://www.rd.com/advice/dunning-kruger/) -- "Bad drivers think they’re good drivers. Awful cooks think they can host Thanksgiving dinner. A bad manager thinks he’s a leader, oblivious to his poor managerial skills. A tone-deaf singer thinks she’s as talented as a Grammy winner. This is Dunning-Kruger in action."

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