To understand the dysfunctional mechanisms underlying maladaptive reasoning of
psychosis, computational models of decision making have widely been applied over the …

Delusions are rigid beliefs held with high certainty despite contradictory evidence.
Notwithstanding decades of research, we still have a limited understanding of the …

The ability to learn about other people is crucial for human social functioning. Dopamine has
been proposed to regulate the precision of beliefs, but direct behavioural evidence of this is …

Theoretical accounts suggest heightened uncertainty about the state of the world underpin
aberrant belief updates, which in turn increase the risk of develo** a persecutory delusion …

Paranoid delusions or unfounded beliefs that others intend to deliberately cause harm are a
frequent and burdensome symptom in early psychosis, but their emergence and …

Social learning underpins our species's extraordinary success. Learning through
observation has been investigated in several species, but learning from advice—where …

Background Spite sensitivity provides a valuable construct to understand persecutory
ideation and its underlying neural mechanisms. We examined the relationship between …

To benefit from social interactions, people need to predict how their social partners will
behave. Such predictions arise through integrating prior expectations with evidence from …

Background There is indication that frequent nightmares are an early indicator of psychotic
disorders in adolescents and young adults. Yet which aspects of nightmares are relevant …

Background Paranoia is associated with a multitude of social cognitive deficits, observed in
both clinical and subclinical populations. Empathy is significantly and broadly impaired in …