[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)January 29, 2022

## [Repetition and Truth: Understanding Illusory Truth Effect](/content/repetition-and-truth-understanding-illusory-truth-effect/index.html)

We have touched on many cognitive biases in Optimistic Learner; Implicit Bias, Confirmation Bias, Optimism Bias, and Ingroup Bias. These…

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[Amanda Eagleson](/content/author/amanda/ "Amanda Eagleson"/index.html)December 14, 2021

## [Changing Audience Expectations: Celebrity, Social Media, and Parasocial Relationships](/content/changing-audience-expectations-celebrity-social-media-and-parasocial-relationships/index.html)

The term ‘Parasocial Relationship’ was, until recently, somewhat confined to discourse in Sociology departments. It was coined by Horton and…