Are deluded people unusually prone to illusory correlation?

Behavior Modification

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-141

  Chadwick, Paul ^a   Taylor, Geraldine ^b  

^a ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b North Warwickshire Mental Health NHS Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ILLUSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTENTION; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 0034040541     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445500241007     Document Type: Article

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