1.0Nariman Sadrihttps://narimansadri.com/enadminhttps://narimansadri.com/en/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Es9FqKZ9BS"><a href="https://narimansadri.com/en/fast-and-slow-thinking-cognitive-ease/">Fast and slow thinking: Cognitive Ease</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://narimansadri.com/en/fast-and-slow-thinking-cognitive-ease/embed/#?secret=Es9FqKZ9BS" width="600" height="338" title="“Fast and slow thinking: Cognitive Ease” — Nariman Sadri" data-secret="Es9FqKZ9BS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://narimansadri.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/1636085654380-1024x534-1.png1024534Our brain is constantly processing information from the outside, and automatic assessments are made by System 1. The important output of these assessments is determining whether additional effort from System 2 is required. One of these assessments is the measurement of cognitive ease, which answers the question of whether we have prior knowledge of the phenomenon being evaluated or whether we are faced with an unknown phenomenon, which creates a state of tension and requires System 2 to engage. This mechanism is known as cognitive ease.