2023
Relationships between cognitive biases, decision-making, and delusions
Sheffield J, Smith R, Suthaharan P, Leptourgos P, Corlett P. Relationships between cognitive biases, decision-making, and delusions. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 9485. PMID: 37301915, PMCID: PMC10257713, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36526-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDelusional ideationDelusional thinkingCognitive biasesDistinct cognitive processesSelf-reported dataCognitive processesProbabilistic reversalUnique varianceComputational mechanismsEvidence integrationPsychosis spectrumMultiple measuresProportion of varianceParanoiaRandom explorationIdeationThinkingTaskBiasesMeasuresVarianceDelusionsJTCIndependent studiesRelationshipAssumed shared belief about conspiracy theories in social networks protects paranoid individuals against distress
Suthaharan P, Corlett P. Assumed shared belief about conspiracy theories in social networks protects paranoid individuals against distress. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 6084. PMID: 37055504, PMCID: PMC10100615, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33305-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConspiratorial beliefsConspiracy theoriesLess emotional distressIndividual-level processesParanoid individualsClinical paranoiaParanoid beliefsPsychological studiesConspiracy beliefsEmotional distressPersecutory delusionsBehavioral predictorsSocial supportBelief formationSocial accountsSocial networksOrganizational factorsParanoiaBroader social networksBeliefsLarge social networksSocietal normsDistressTaskLevel processesUsing dimensionality-reduction techniques to understand the organization of psychotic symptoms in persistent psychotic illness and first episode psychosis
Fleming L, Lemonde A, Benrimoh D, Gold J, Taylor J, Malla A, Joober R, Iyer S, Lepage M, Shah J, Corlett P. Using dimensionality-reduction techniques to understand the organization of psychotic symptoms in persistent psychotic illness and first episode psychosis. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 4841. PMID: 36964175, PMCID: PMC10039017, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-31909-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHallucinations/delusionsFirst-episode psychosisFirst-episode psychosis participantsEarly intervention programsPathophysiological mechanismsUnderlying pathophysiologyEpisode psychosisPsychotic illnessPsychotic symptomsPsychotic disordersSchizoaffective disorderAuditory hallucinationsPositive symptomsHallucination severityNegative symptomsSymptomsDisorganization symptomsIntervention programsHallucinationsIllnessPsychosis participantsPsychosisDelusionsDisordersParticipants
2012
The neurobiology of schizotypy: Fronto-striatal prediction error signal correlates with delusion-like beliefs in healthy people
Corlett PR, Fletcher PC. The neurobiology of schizotypy: Fronto-striatal prediction error signal correlates with delusion-like beliefs in healthy people. Neuropsychologia 2012, 50: 3612-3620. PMID: 23079501, PMCID: PMC3694307, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.09.045.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy peopleSymptoms of psychosisPsychotic illnessEarly psychosisHealthy individualsPsychosis showHealthy beliefsAdditional alterationsNeural markersNeural responsesSymptomsPsychosisNovel evidenceDelusional ideationDistressSchizotypal experiencesAlterationsPatientsPrevious observationsIllness
2010
Toward a neurobiology of delusions
Corlett PR, Taylor JR, Wang X, Fletcher PC, Krystal JH. Toward a neurobiology of delusions. Progress In Neurobiology 2010, 92: 345-369. PMID: 20558235, PMCID: PMC3676875, DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2010.06.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFundamental brain mechanismsFronto-striatal circuitsTerms of cognitionPsychological processesBrain mechanismsComputational mechanismsCortical hierarchyPrediction errorSocial learningParietal cortexExternal worldBrain circuitsNeurobiological abnormalitiesNeurobiology of delusionsBrain functionHierarchical predictionBodily agencyDelusionsMemoryReinforcement learningPerceptionMental illnessTranslational understandingLearningCognition
2007
Disrupted prediction-error signal in psychosis: evidence for an associative account of delusions
Corlett PR, Murray GK, Honey GD, Aitken MR, Shanks DR, Robbins TW, Bullmore ET, Dickinson A, Fletcher PC. Disrupted prediction-error signal in psychosis: evidence for an associative account of delusions. Brain 2007, 130: 2387-2400. PMID: 17690132, PMCID: PMC3838942, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDelusion formationDelusional beliefsPrediction error processingPrediction-error signallingPrediction error signalsAttentional allocationAssociative accountMaladaptive beliefsError processingAssociative learningNeurobiological theoriesBrain responsesCortex responsesIndividual's propensityBelief formationDelusionsBeliefsPrediction errorExtent of disruptionProcessingFMRILearningPsychosisExpectancyIndividualsFrom prediction error to psychosis: ketamine as a pharmacological model of delusions
Corlett PR, Honey GD, Fletcher PC. From prediction error to psychosis: ketamine as a pharmacological model of delusions. Journal Of Psychopharmacology 2007, 21: 238-252. PMID: 17591652, DOI: 10.1177/0269881107077716.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDelusion formationAssociative learning processesPrediction error signalsDevelopment of delusionsFormation of delusionsPre-psychotic periodAttentional disruptionAttentional disturbancesNeuropsychiatric modelsNeurobiological systemsPrediction errorExperience resultsLearning processIrrelevant detailsDelusionsError signalDrug ketaminePsychosisNumerous associationsPsychotic statesPerceptExpectationsPharmacological modelStimuliSymptom evolution
2006
Frontal Responses During Learning Predict Vulnerability to the Psychotogenic Effects of Ketamine: Linking Cognition, Brain Activity, and Psychosis
Corlett PR, Honey GD, Aitken MR, Dickinson A, Shanks DR, Absalom AR, Lee M, Pomarol-Clotet E, Murray GK, McKenna PJ, Robbins TW, Bullmore ET, Fletcher PC. Frontal Responses During Learning Predict Vulnerability to the Psychotogenic Effects of Ketamine: Linking Cognition, Brain Activity, and Psychosis. JAMA Psychiatry 2006, 63: 611-621. PMID: 16754834, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.63.6.611.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAssociation LearningBrief Psychiatric Rating ScaleCognition DisordersDelusionsDisease SusceptibilityDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleFrontal LobeHumansKetamineMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleModels, TheoreticalPerceptual DisordersPlacebosProbabilityPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychoses, Substance-InducedPsychotic DisordersConceptsDelusion formationPerceptual AberrationBrain activityError-dependent learningPharmacological functional magnetic resonanceAssociative learning taskFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAssociative learning processesDelusion-like beliefsFrontal cortical functionFunctional magnetic resonanceFull Scale IQUnderstanding of psychosisRight frontal cortexRight-handed volunteersNeurobiological accountsCognitive processesClinical Neuroscience InstituteFrontal activationAssociative learningFrontal responseBrain activationStructured Clinical InterviewLearning taskPsychotogenic effects