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The effects of dopamine and salience manipulations on magical thinking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Although delusional and magical thinking is associated with both increased dopamine and aberrant salience, it is unknown whether dopamine manipulations cause increased magical thinking on non-clinical measures or whether ...
Understanding delusions : the role of aberrant salience and self-relevant information processing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
The current dissertation contains six studies that examine the roles of aberrant salience and self-relevant information processing in the development and maintenance of psychotic and psychotic-like experiences. Aberrant ...
Understanding the relationship between goal maintenance and disorganized speech
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Disorganized speech in people with schizophrenia is associated with cognitive control deficits, but the specific nature of the relationship remains unclear. The current research examined whether one specific aspect of ...