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Inattentional blindness facilitates idea stealing (or misattribution of credit) in meetings.

Summary: https://phys.org/news/2025-03-attention-limitations-idea-thieves-workplaces.html

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56905-6

From uncounted meetings over decades, I would say there are two contributing factors: 1) repetition; and 2) clarity and conciseness in presentation of the idea.