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A cognitive bias against disconfirmatory evidence (BADE) is associated with schizotypy

Lisa Buchy1, Todd S Woodward, Mario Liotti

  • 1Department of Research, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, B.C., Canada V3C 4J2.

Schizophrenia Research
|January 12, 2007
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