Cognitive factors - Psychological explanations!
Cognitive biases and deficits
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- Created on: 20-12-13 15:56
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- Cognitive factors - Psychological explanations!
- Cognitive deficits - People diagnosed with sch have difficulty in processing various types of information.
- Sch patients attention skills may be deficient and they may appear easily distracted.
- Difficulties in understanding other peoples behaviour might explain some of the experiences of those diagnosed with sch.
- Sch patients attention skills may be deficient and they may appear easily distracted.
- Cognitive biases - Can explain some behaviours that are regarded as sch symptoms:
- Lindenberg et all 2002 - found a link between poor working memory and reduced activity in the prefrontal cortex.
- Yellowless et al 2002 - developed a machine that produced virtual hallucinationswhich intended to show the sch their hallucinations werent real and therefore gave them more control over their symptoms.
- Cognitive deficits - People diagnosed with sch have difficulty in processing various types of information.
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