Jumping to delusions? Paranoia, probabilistic reasoning, and need for closure

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-376

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

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REALITY TESTING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34250179113     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800701203769     Document Type: Article

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