Reasoning heuristics across the psychosis continuum: The contribution of hypersalient evidence-hypothesis matches

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 431-450

  Balzan, Ryan ^a   Delfabbro, Paul ^a   Galletly, Cherrie ^a   Woodward, Todd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delusions; Hypersalience of evidence hypothesis matches; Reasoning heuristics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84866717224     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2012.663901     Document Type: Article

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