A bias against disconfirmatory evidence is associated with delusion proneness in a nonclinical sample

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1023-1028

  Woodward, Todd S ^a,b   Buchy, Lisa ^b   Moritz, Steffen ^c   Liotti, Mario ^b  

^a Riverview Hospital   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Decision making; Delusions; Reasoning; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

BADE TEST; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DELUSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER;

EID: 34547655502     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbm013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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