Explaining delusions: a cognitive perspective

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Bell, Vaughan ^a   Halligan, Peter W ^b   Ellis, Hadyn D ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING;

ATTRIBUTION BIASES; DELUSION FORMATION; MENTAL PHENOMENA; PHENOMENOLOGY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EROTOMANIA; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HUMAN; JEALOUS DELUSION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOMATIC DELUSION;

ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33747183821     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2006.03.004     Document Type: Review

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