Psychosis, delusions and the "Jumping to Conclusions" reasoning bias: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 652-665

  Dudley, Robert ^a,b   Taylor, Peter ^c   Wickham, Sophie ^c   Hutton, Paul ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

beads task; delusions; jumping to conclusions; reasoning; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE BIAS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; DELUSION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; JUMPING TO CONCLUSION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RIGHT HANDEDNESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPLICATION; DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; META ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DECISION MAKING; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 84960894627     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbv150     Document Type: Article

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