Jumping to conclusions about the beads task? A meta-analysis of delusional ideation and data-gathering

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1183-1191

  Ross, Robert Malcolm ^a   McKay, Ryan ^a,b   Coltheart, Max ^a   Langdon, Robyn ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beads task; Bias; Delusion; Jumping to conclusions; Meta analysis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; JUMPING TO CONCLUSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943165858     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu187     Document Type: Article

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