Apophenia, theory of mind and schizotypy: Perceiving meaning and intentionality in randomness

Cortex

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1316-1325

  Fyfe, Sophie ^a   Williams, Claire ^a   Mason, Oliver J ^a   Pickup, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apophenia; Delusional thinking; Psychosis proneness; Schizotypy; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOCIAL BELIEF; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 55349149711     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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