Paranoia is the most common symptom of psychosis but paranoid concerns occur
throughout the general population. Here, we argue for an evolutionary approach to paranoia …

Rapid and efficient judgments about the significance of social threat are important for
species survival and may recruit specialized neurocognitive systems, consistent with …

The ability to attribute intentions to others is a hallmark of human social cognition but is
altered in paranoia. Paranoia is the most common positive symptom of psychosis but is also …

Paranoia and conspiracy thinking share many risk factors, such as victimization, poverty and
social isolation. They also have many phenomenological features in common, including …

Background Adolescence can be a challenging time, characterized by self-consciousness,
heightened regard for peer acceptance, and fear of rejection. Interpersonal concerns are …

Are we living in a uniquely paranoid age? Catalysed by the threat of terrorism, fears about
others have reached a new intensity. The roll call of apparent dangers seems to increase by …

Drawing on evidence from across the behavioural and natural sciences, this book advances
a radical new hypothesis: that madness exists as a costly consequence of the evolution of a …

Robert S. Robins and Jerrold M. Post, MD, experts in political psychology, document and
interpret the malign power of paranoia in a variety of contexts-in political movements like …

Paranoia is the belief that others intend you harm. It is related to conspiracy theories,
wherein those others represent an organized faction, coordinating the harm against self and …

The cognitive biases associated with affective disorders have been well documented and
provide extensive evidence of selective abnormalities in information processing of pathology …