Biased belief updating in depression.
Cognitive approaches to depression have benefitted from recent research on belief updating, examining how new information is used to alter beliefs.
T. Kube
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Effects of experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic on optimistically biased belief updating [PDF]
Optimistically 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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Paranoia and belief updating during the COVID-19 crisis. [PDF]
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the world seem less predictable. Such crises can lead people to feel that others are a threat. Here, we show that the initial phase of the pandemic in 2020 increased individuals’ paranoia and made their belief updating more
Suthaharan P +11 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Models of Dynamic Belief Updating in Psychosis-A Review Across Different Computational Approaches. [PDF]
To understand the dysfunctional mechanisms underlying maladaptive reasoning of psychosis, computational models of decision making have widely been applied over the past decade.
Katthagen T +3 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Efficient stabilization of imprecise statistical inference through conditional belief updating. [PDF]
Statistical inference is the optimal process for forming and maintaining accurate beliefs about uncertain environments. However, human inference comes with costs due to its associated biases and limited precision.
Drevet J, Drugowitsch J, Wyart V.
europepmc +2 more sources
Self-beneficial belief updating as a coping mechanism for stress-induced negative affect [PDF]
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
doaj +2 more sources
Key Points Question What are the effects of ketamine on belief updating in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD)? Findings This case-control study in patients with TRD showed that belief updating became more optimistically biased as soon as ...
Bottemanne H +5 more
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Belief Updating during Social Interactions: Neural Dynamics and Causal Role of Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex. [PDF]
In competitive interactions, humans have to flexibly update their beliefs about another person's intentions in order to adjust their own choice strategy, such as when believing that the other may exploit their cooperativeness.
Christian P +5 more
europepmc +2 more sources
All or nothing belief updating in patients with schizophrenia reduces precision and flexibility of beliefs. [PDF]
Schizophrenia is characterized by abnormal perceptions and beliefs, but the computational mechanisms through which these abnormalities emerge remain unclear.
Nassar MR +4 more
europepmc +2 more sources
Large environmental changes reduce valence-dependent belief updating [PDF]
When 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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