In a study in which approximately 1,000 online participants completed a time-based prediction task as well as an assessment for delusion-like thinking, researchers found that participants who scored high on delusion-like qualities were more likely to think that they had predicted a random event, despite not having the time to make the prediction prior to the event, than participants who scored low on the delusion assessment, findings with potential implications for treating mental illnesses, according to the authors.
Article #17-11383: "Mistiming of thought and perception predicts delusionality," by Adam Bear et al.
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