Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume / Issue 06 / December 2008, pp 719-720
- Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08005955 (About DOI), Published online: 11 December 2008
Open Peer Commentary
A sneaking suspicion: The semantics of emotional beliefs and delusions
Angus W. MacDonald IIIa1
a1 Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455. angus@umn.edu http://www.psych.umn.edu/research/tricam/
Abstract
This commentary challenges Rogers & McClelland (R&M) to use their model to account for delusional belief formation and maintenance. The gradual development of delusions and the nature of disconnectivity in Capgras delusions are used to illustrate the role of emotional salience in delusions. It is not clear how this kind of emotional saliency can be represented within the current architecture.
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