The Batman Effect refers to the finding that children perform better on a challenging task if they pretend to be someone else, such as Batman, who would be good at the task. Previous studies have shown that children who pretend to be a competent media character persist longer on boring tasks and perform better on executive function (EF) tasks than children who think about themselves from a first-person perspective. Taking the perspective of a person more competent than themselves allows children to reflect on the problem and think about it from different angles. It creates “psychological distance” or mental space between themselves and the challenging task and helps them imagine a role model.