Computational mechanisms of belief updating in relation to psychotic-like experiences [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 IntroductionPsychotic-like experiences (PLEs) may occur due to changes in weighting prior beliefs and new evidence in the belief updating process. It is still unclear whether the acquisition or integration of stable beliefs is altered, and whether such ...
Sophie Pauline Fromm +15 more
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Is depression associated with reduced optimistic belief updating? [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2022 When asked to evaluate their probability of experiencing a negative life event, healthy individuals update their beliefs more following good news than bad. This is referred to as optimistic belief updating. By contrast, individuals with depression update
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Risk attitude and belief updating: theory and experiment [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Despite the importance of risk attitude in decision-making, its role in belief updating has been overlooked. Using economic theory, we analyzed a dual-self equilibrium where an individual first updates her belief about an uncertain state and then takes ...
Evelyn Y. H. Huang, Benson Tsz Kin Leung
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Testing Bayesian models of belief updating in the context of depressive symptomatology [PDF]
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2023 Objectives Predictive processing approaches to belief updating in depression propose that depression is related to more negative and more precise priors.
Matthias Feldmann +3 more
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Effects of experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic on optimistically biased belief updating [PDF]
eLifeOptimistically biased belief updating is essential for mental health and resilience in adversity. Here, we asked how experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic affected optimism biases in updating beliefs about the future.
Iraj Khalid +6 more
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Self-beneficial belief updating as a coping mechanism for stress-induced negative affect [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Being confronted with social-evaluative stress elicits a physiological and a psychological stress response. This calls for regulatory processes to manage negative affect and maintain self-related optimistic beliefs.
Nora Czekalla +8 more
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Biased belief priors versus biased belief updating: Differential correlates of depression and anxiety. [PDF]
PLoS Computational Biology, 2022 Individuals prone to anxiety and depression often report beliefs and make judgements about themselves that are more negative than those reported by others.
Christopher Gagne +4 more
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Thinking about Believing: Can Metacognitive Reflection Encourage Belief Updating? [PDF]
Journal of IntelligencePeople often cling to their beliefs even in the face of counterevidence. The current study explored metacognitive reflection as a potential driver for belief updating.
Allison P. O’Leary, Wesley Fletcher
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Exploring the relationship between frequent cannabis use, belief updating under uncertainty and psychotic-like symptoms [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychiatryBackgroundCannabis users present an important group for investigating putative mechanisms underlying psychosis, as cannabis-use is associated with an increased risk of psychosis.
Xinyi Liang +11 more
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Large environmental changes reduce valence-dependent belief updating [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWhen updating beliefs, humans tend to integrate more desirable information than undesirable information. In stable environments (low uncertainty and high predictability), this asymmetry favors motivation towards action and perceived self-efficacy ...
Juan Cruz Beron +4 more
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