Bias in favour of self-selected hypotheses is associated with delusion severity in schizophrenia

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 376-389

  Whitman, Jennifer C ^a,b   Menon, Mahesh ^a,c,d   Kuo, Susan S ^a,b   Woodward, Todd S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Delusions; Hypersalience; Probabilistic reasoning; Schizophrenia; Self selection bias

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; GUILT; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; OCCUPATION; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; THOUGHT DISORDER; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888274177     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2012.715084     Document Type: Article

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