Eli5 what makes it harder to walk on a beam above emptiness then to walk on the street? Only mind trick?

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Eli5 what makes it harder to walk on a beam above emptiness then to walk on the street? Only mind trick?

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Answer 1

Vertigo, aka height intolerance, and other terms.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00415-020-09805-4