Vestibular stimulation reduces unrealistic optimism
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Vestibular Stimulation Attenuates Unrealistic Optimism RUNNING HEAD: Vestibular Stimulation and Optimism
INTRODUCTION: Unrealistic optimism refers to the pervasive tendency of healthy individuals to underestimate their likelihood of future misfortune, including illness. The phenomenon shares a qualitative resemblance with anosognosia, a neurological disorder characterized by a deficient appreciation of manifest current illness or impairment. Unrealistic optimism and anosognosia have been independe...
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