http://mindhacks.com/2006/11/27/if-youve-got-it-flaunt-it-p-s-youve-got-it/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Sun, 19 May 2013 06:21:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://mindhacks.com/2006/11/27/if-youve-got-it-flaunt-it-p-s-youve-got-it/#comment-7700 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:08:02 +0000 http://mindhacksblog.wordpress.com/2006/11/27/if-youve-got-it-flaunt-it-p-s-youve-got-it/#comment-7700 Vaughan: amazing the amount of good posts you write. Thanks.
You say “there’s quite a bit of evidence that mental illness is associated with the loss of these positive biases, giving us a statistically more realistic but emotionally painful view of reality.”
Maybe a “healthy computer” is different from a “healthy brain”. The goal of the former is to be an objective tool that we can use; that of the latter is to help us survive. Brain Health or Brain Fitness, for a person, includes self-efficacy, which sometimes can be delusional, but always helpful to motivate us toward action and hope.
It is fascinating to analyze what “mental illness” means and the assumptions underneath.

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