A sneaking suspicion: The semantics of emotional beliefs and delusions

Angus W. MacDonald

doi:10.1017/S0140525X08005955

A sneaking suspicion: The semantics of emotional beliefs and delusions

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This commentary challenges Rogers & McClelland (R&M) to use their model to account for delusional belief formation and maintenance. The gradual development of delusions and the nature of disconnectivity in Capgras delusions are used to illustrate the role of emotional salience in delusions. It is not clear how this kind of emotional saliency can be represented within the current architecture.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	719-720
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08005955
State	Published - 2008

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