2024
Different learning aberrations relate to delusion-like beliefs with different contents
Rossi-Goldthorpe R, Silverstein S, Gold J, Schiffman J, Waltz J, Williams T, Powers A, Woods S, Zinbarg R, Mittal V, Ellman L, Strauss G, Walker E, Levin J, Castiello S, Kenney J, Corlett P. Different learning aberrations relate to delusion-like beliefs with different contents. Brain 2024, 147: 2854-2866. PMID: 38637303, PMCID: PMC11292907, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awae122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProbabilistic reversal learningDelusion-like beliefsProbabilistic reversal learning taskBlocked cueControl cuesBelief convictionBlock taskClinical high-risk statusKamin blocking taskSymptom-specific effectsPrediction error accountLevels of paranoiaIntact learningAberrant learningKamin blockingParanoid individualsPersecutory delusionsCue presentationReversal learningPredicting psychosisCognitive tasksBehavioral resultsDecreased learningDelusionsParanoia
2023
Assumed 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 processes