# Professor Justin Kruger's research on cognitive bias is cited

1 Faculty News November 23, 2015 ![Gizmodo logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_038464.gif?itok=ZD6qMHuV)>

Excerpt from [Gizmodo](http://gizmodo.com/self-proclaimed-experts-often-claim-to-know-more-than-t-1743967302?sidebar_promotions_icons=testingoff&utm_expid=66866090-67.e9PWeE2DSnKObFD7vNEoqg.1) -- "The original Dunning-[Kruger](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/justin-kruger) effect ... showed up when participants were asked to rate their performance after a task had been completed. It relies on the fact that the lack of knowledge exhibited by those scoring in the bottom percentile would render them ill-equipped to accurately evaluate their own performance."

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