Need for closure, jumping to conclusions, and decisiveness in delusion-prone individuals

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-426

  McKay, Ryan ^a   Langdon, Robyn ^a,b,c   Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^c Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Delusion; Psychosis; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 33745259340     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000221353.44132.25     Document Type: Article

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