The Center for Collaborative Study of Trauma, Health Equity, and Neurobiology
GLOSSARY
Cognitive Vertigo
COGNITIVE VERTIGO or COGNITIVE DISSONANCE can be a perception of mental “dizziness” or temporary instability when encountering ideas that are contrary to one’s usual mental model.
COGNITIVE VERTIGO can also happen when one is switching back-and-forth between two different mental models, for example: using the Conventional Reductionist view of Health-Disease
while trying to apply Systems Biology concepts.
The remedy for COGNITIVE VERTIGO is to adopt a BOTH - AND perspective and to increase one's TOLERANCE of AMBIGUITY.