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Perception, cognition, and delusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2017

Robert M. Ross ,
Ryan McKay ,
Max Coltheart  and
Robyn Langdon
Robert M. Ross
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surry TW20 0EX, United Kingdom; robross45@yahoo.com.au https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/robert-ross%286832d311-6807-48d4-8dba-c3ec998c55b9%29.html https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/ryan-mckay_cda72457-6d2a-4ed6-91d7-cfd5904b91e4.html ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, and Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia. ryanmckay@mac.com max.coltheart@mq.edu.au robyn.langdon@mq.edu.au http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=53 https://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=60
Ryan McKay
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surry TW20 0EX, United Kingdom; robross45@yahoo.com.au https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/robert-ross%286832d311-6807-48d4-8dba-c3ec998c55b9%29.html https://pure.royalholloway.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/ryan-mckay_cda72457-6d2a-4ed6-91d7-cfd5904b91e4.html ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, and Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia. ryanmckay@mac.com max.coltheart@mq.edu.au robyn.langdon@mq.edu.au http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=53 https://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=60
Max Coltheart
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, and Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia. ryanmckay@mac.com max.coltheart@mq.edu.au robyn.langdon@mq.edu.au http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=53 https://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=60
Robyn Langdon
Affiliation:
ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, and Department of Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney NSW 2109, Australia. ryanmckay@mac.com max.coltheart@mq.edu.au robyn.langdon@mq.edu.au http://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=53 https://www.ccd.edu.au/people/profile.php?memberID=60
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Abstract

Firestone & Scholl's (F&S) critique of putative empirical evidence for the cognitive penetrability of perception focuses on studies of neurologically normal populations. We suggest that a comprehensive exploration of the cognition–perception relationship also incorporate work on abnormal perception and cognition. We highlight the prominence of these issues in contemporary debates about the formation and maintenance of delusions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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