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Examining Cognitive Biases in Patients With Delusions of Reference

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2011

M. Menon ,
J. Addington  and
G. Remington
M. Menon*
Affiliation:
Schizophrenia Program & PET Centre, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, 250 College St, TorontoM5T 1R8, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
J. Addington
Affiliation:
Schizophrenia Program & PET Centre, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, 250 College St, TorontoM5T 1R8, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
G. Remington
Affiliation:
Schizophrenia Program & PET Centre, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, 250 College St, TorontoM5T 1R8, Canada Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
*
⁎Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 535 8501; fax: +1 416 979 4656. E-mail address: Mahesh_menon@camh.net (M. Menon).
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Abstract

Cognitive biases may not be seen in all subtypes of delusions, and might be more involved in the etiology of some delusional subtypes than others. A sample of patients with delusions of reference did not show the jumping to conclusions (JTC) bias. JTC appears to be more closely related to paranoia than referential delusions.

Keywords

Delusions of referenceProbabilistic reasoningAttributional biasTheory of mindParanoia‘Jumping to conclusions’

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European Psychiatry , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , February 2013 , pp. 71 - 73
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Copyright © Elsevier Masson SAS 2013

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