Bernadyn Tyler, Feigenson Keith A
Psychology Department, Albright College, 1621 N. 13th Street, Reading, PA 19612, USA.
Pharmacology and Physiology, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2900 W. Queen Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19129, USA.
Heliyon. 2018 Mar 20;4(3):e00582. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00582. eCollection 2018 Mar.
Individuals use data gathering methods to inform judgments and behaviors. Effective interaction with the environment depends on these having high accuracy and low noise, but when they become abnormal, aberrant thoughts and perceptions can occur. In this study, we examined if data gathering methods were consistent across tasks that relied on different cognitive abilities, specifically visual perception and probabilistic reasoning. Thirty-four non-clinical participants engaged in the Ebbinghaus Illusion and the Jumping to Conclusions tasks, while also completing questionnaires concerning aspects of delusion formation. A significant, positive correlation was observed between performance on the Ebbinghaus Illusion and the Jumping to Conclusions tasks. Both tasks were negatively correlated with the General Conspiracy Belief Scale. The results suggest an underlying mechanism for data gathering that is consistent across behavioral domains and exists on a continuum in the general population.
个体使用数据收集方法来为判断和行为提供依据。与环境的有效互动取决于这些方法具有高准确性和低噪音，但当它们变得异常时，可能会出现异常的思维和感知。在本研究中，我们考察了在依赖不同认知能力（特别是视觉感知和概率推理）的任务中，数据收集方法是否一致。34名非临床参与者参与了艾宾浩斯错觉任务和急于下结论任务，同时还完成了关于妄想形成方面的问卷。在艾宾浩斯错觉任务和急于下结论任务的表现之间观察到显著的正相关。这两项任务都与一般阴谋信念量表呈负相关。结果表明存在一种数据收集的潜在机制，它在行为领域中是一致的，并且在普通人群中呈连续分布。
