Jumping to conclusions and delusion proneness: The impact of emotionally salient stimuli

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 760-765

  Warman, Debbie M ^a   Martin, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delusion proneness; Delusions; Reasoning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RACE; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 33750083035     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000239907.83668.aa     Document Type: Article

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