Jumping to conclusions and persecutory delusions |
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| Authors: | Helen Startup Daniel Freeman Philippa A Garety |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, PO Box 77, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK. |
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| Abstract: | It is unknown whether a 'jumping to conclusions' (JTC) data-gathering bias is apparent in specific delusion sub-types. A group with persecutory delusions is compared with a sample of non-clinical controls on a probabilistic reasoning task. Results suggest JTC is apparent in individuals with the persecutory sub-type of delusions. |
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