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Derationalizing Delusions
Because of the traditional conceptualization of delusion as “irrational belief,” cognitive models of delusions largely focus on impairments to domain-general reasoning. Nevertheless, current rationality-impairment models do not account for the fact that (a) equivalently irrational beliefs can be ind...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702620951553 |
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description | Because of the traditional conceptualization of delusion as “irrational belief,” cognitive models of delusions largely focus on impairments to domain-general reasoning. Nevertheless, current rationality-impairment models do not account for the fact that (a) equivalently irrational beliefs can be induced through adaptive social cognitive processes, reflecting social integration rather than impairment; (b) delusions are overwhelmingly socially themed; and (c) delusions show a reduced sensitivity to social context both in terms of how they are shaped and how they are communicated. Consequently, we argue that models of delusions need to include alteration to coalitional cognition—processes involved in affiliation, group perception, and the strategic management of relationships. This approach has the advantage of better accounting for both content (social themes) and form (fixity) of delusion. It is also supported by the established role of mesolimbic dopamine in both delusions and social organization and the ongoing reconceptualization of belief as serving a social organizational function. |
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spelling | pubmed-78205712021-02-03 Derationalizing Delusions Bell, Vaughan Raihani, Nichola Wilkinson, Sam Clin Psychol Sci Theoretical/Methodological/Review Articles Because of the traditional conceptualization of delusion as “irrational belief,” cognitive models of delusions largely focus on impairments to domain-general reasoning. Nevertheless, current rationality-impairment models do not account for the fact that (a) equivalently irrational beliefs can be induced through adaptive social cognitive processes, reflecting social integration rather than impairment; (b) delusions are overwhelmingly socially themed; and (c) delusions show a reduced sensitivity to social context both in terms of how they are shaped and how they are communicated. Consequently, we argue that models of delusions need to include alteration to coalitional cognition—processes involved in affiliation, group perception, and the strategic management of relationships. This approach has the advantage of better accounting for both content (social themes) and form (fixity) of delusion. It is also supported by the established role of mesolimbic dopamine in both delusions and social organization and the ongoing reconceptualization of belief as serving a social organizational function. SAGE Publications 2020-11-20 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7820571/ /pubmed/33552704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702620951553 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Theoretical/Methodological/Review Articles Bell, Vaughan Raihani, Nichola Wilkinson, Sam Derationalizing Delusions |
title | Derationalizing Delusions |
title_full | Derationalizing Delusions |
title_fullStr | Derationalizing Delusions |
title_full_unstemmed | Derationalizing Delusions |
title_short | Derationalizing Delusions |
title_sort | derationalizing delusions |
topic | Theoretical/Methodological/Review Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7820571/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33552704 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702620951553 |
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