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Jumping to conclusions and persecutory delusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Helen Startup ,
Daniel Freeman  and
Philippa A. Garety
Helen Startup*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, PO Box 77, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Daniel Freeman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, PO Box 77, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
Philippa A. Garety
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, PO Box 77, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (H. Startup), [email protected] (D. Freeman), [email protected] (P.A. Garety).
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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.

Keywords

ParanoiaReasoning biasesDelusionsData-gathering bias
Type
Short communication
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European Psychiatry , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , September 2008 , pp. 457 - 459
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2008

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