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| Title |
Why Do Delusions Persist?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.3389/neuro.09.012.2009 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Philip R. Corlett, John H. Krystal, Jane R. Taylor, Paul C. Fletcher |
| Abstract |
Delusions are bizarre and distressing beliefs that characterize certain mental illnesses. They arise without clear reasons and are remarkably persistent. Recent models of delusions, drawing on a neuroscientific understanding of learning, focus on how delusions might emerge from abnormal experience. We believe that these models can be extended to help us understand why delusions persist. We consider prediction error, the mismatch between expectancy and experience, to be central. Surprising events demand a change in our expectancies. This involves making what we have learned labile, updating and binding the memory anew: a process of memory reconsolidation. We argue that, under the influence of excessive prediction error, delusional beliefs are repeatedly reconsolidated, strengthening them so that they persist, apparently impervious to contradiction. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 5 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 243 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 2% |
| Germany | 3 | 1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Romania | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 225 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 48 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 23 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 20 | 8% |
| Other | 62 | 26% |
| Unknown | 20 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 94 | 39% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 35 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 30 | 12% |
| Neuroscience | 23 | 9% |
| Philosophy | 8 | 3% |
| Other | 22 | 9% |
| Unknown | 31 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 September 2023.
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#1,195
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