The persistence of drug taking despite its adverse consequences plays a central role in the
presentation, diagnosis, and impacts of addiction. Eventual recognition and appraisal of …

In many everyday decisions, individuals choose between trialling something novel or
something they know well. Deciding when to try a new option or stick with an option that is …

Multiple measures of decision-making under uncertainty (eg jum** to conclusions (JTC),
bias against disconfirmatory evidence (BADE), win-switch behavior, random exploration) …

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 …

Paranoia is the belief that others intend you harm. It is related to conspiracy theories,
wherein those others represent an organized faction, coordinating the harm against self and …

Delusions are transdiagnostic and heterogeneous phenomena with varying degrees of
intensity, stability, and dimensional attributes where the boundaries between everyday …

Motor improvements, such as faster movement times or increased velocity, have been
associated with reward magnitude in deterministic contexts. Yet whether individual …

The prediction error account of delusions has had success. However, its explanation of
delusions with different contents has been lacking. Persecutory delusions and paranoia are …

Paranoia, defined as the unfounded belief that others intend to cause harm, negatively
affects individuals across the continuum from healthy to pathological. Despite a definition …

Social functioning impairment is a hallmark of mental illness. As one of the most intractable
and severe psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia is characterized by deficits on multiple …