Delusion-proneness or miscomprehension? A re-examination of the jumping-to-conclusions bias

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 100-107

  Balzan, Ryan ^a   Delfabbro, Paul ^a   Galletly, Cherrie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delusion proneness; Jumping to conclusions; Miscomprehension; Probabilistic reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861115939     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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