Self-reflection protects behavior from volatile beliefs linked to paranoia

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<p>Processing uncertainty may be pathognomonic (characteristic of a disease) for some psychiatric conditions. Some people expect the world to change, even when it doesn’t. This tendency is central to paranoia, where individuals often anticipate threat or change without clear evidence. But what determines whether these beliefs translate into behavior? One possibility is that metacognitive structure – the coherence...

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• Bayes Theorem
• Culture
• Models, Psychological
• Phenotype
• Schizophrenia
• Schizophrenic Psychology
• Schizotypal Personality Disorder
• Young Adult

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a41a022b-e0fb-51e3-8e24-65d7125b1b1d

DOI

10.31234/osf.io/8rkna_v1