telescoping effect

is the perception of recent events as being more remote than they are (backwards telescoping) and distant events as being more recent than they are (forward telescoping).

In cognitive psychology, the telescoping effect (or telescoping bias) refers to the temporal displacement of an event whereby people perceive recent events as being more remote than they are and distant events as being more recent than they are. The former is known as backward telescoping or time expansion, and the latter as is known as forward telescoping. (wikipedia)

is the tendency to displace recent events backward in time and remote events forward in time, so that recent events appear more remote, and remote events, more recent.

Telescoping effect: The tendency to displace recent events backward in time and remote events forward in time, so that recent events appear more remote, and remote events, more recent.

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telescoping effect