Content specific information processing and persecutory delusions: an investigation using the emotional Stroop test.

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  • Author(s): Bentall RP;Bentall RP; Kaney S
  • Source:
    The British journal of medical psychology [Br J Med Psychol] 1989 Dec; Vol. 62 ( Pt 4), pp. 355-64.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: British Psychological Society Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 0370640 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0007-1129 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00071129 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Br J Med Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Letchworth Eng : British Psychological Society
      Original Publication: London [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Cognition*; Delusions/*psychology ; Paranoid Disorders/*psychology; Adult ; Attention ; Color Perception ; Depressive Disorder/psychology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Reaction Time ; Schizophrenic Psychology ; Semantics
    • Abstract:
      Attentional bias was investigated in patients suffering from persecutory delusions and matched psychiatric and normal controls, using the emotional Stroop task. Subjects were required to colour name words which were either meaningless strings of Os, neutral words, words indicating negative affect, or words judged to be of paranoid content. In comparison with the control subjects the deluded patients demonstrated a selective increase of response time for the paranoid words. A second analysis using indices of interference produced even more marked results. The relevance of these findings for the understanding of delusional thinking is discussed.
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19891201 Date Completed: 19900205 Latest Revision: 20220408
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/j.2044-8341.1989.tb02845.x
    • Accession Number:
      2597651