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Monitoring fatigue: the cognitive phenomenon where excessive
Monitoring fatigue: the cognitive phenomenon where excessive monitoring signals overwhelm attentional capacity, leading to systematic ignoring of meaningful alerts due to attentional saturation and signal dilution, with the result that monitoring systems designed to prevent missed signals instead cause critical signals to be missed
Why This Is a Definition
This definition clearly names the term, establishes its genus (cognitive phenomenon), and provides the differentia (excessive signals overwhelming attention, leading to systematic ignoring due to saturation and dilution) that distinguishes it from general attention overload. It captures the core mechanism and paradox described in the lesson.