In an article for the New Republic published Monday, analyst Poulomi Saha analyzed why several political observers insist ...

People who believe in conspiracy theories may be more likely to exhibit specific cognitive biases also found in individuals ...

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Eventually, you will see that behind this motion picture of delusion, there is a world eternal – infinite astral world.

There are times when delusion becomes the organizing principle of entire countries. The Nazis borrowed a Russian conspiracy theory around Jews taking over the world and used it to polarize their ...

This “dashboard delusion,” or performance paradox, can lull many blissfully ignorant leaders into a false sense of security. In other cases, senior leadership knows exactly what’s happening ...

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Delusions are fixed, usually false beliefs that are strongly held. (Representational) Beliefs are convictions of reality that we accept as true. They provide us with the basic mental scaffolding ...

When it comes to schizophrenia, delusions are part of a broader symptom called psychosis, a state of mind where someone becomes detached from reality. “It has to be distinct from commonly held ...

Based on evidence from delusions and other psychological disciplines, we offered a tentative five-stage cognitive model of belief formation. When faced with an unexpected sensory input or social ...