ArticleComputational psychiatry (Cambridge, Mass.)2026
Self-Reflection Protects Behavior from Volatile Beliefs Linked to Paranoia.
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- Excessive Switching in OCD and Paranoia Arises From Different Deficits in Belief-Updating.Computational psychiatry (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
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Abstract
Processing uncertainty may be pathognomonic (characteristic of a disease) for some psychiatric conditions. Some people expect the world to change, even when it doesn't. This tendency is central to paranoia, where individuals often anticipate threat or change without clear evidence. But what determines whether these beliefs translate into behavior? One possibility is that metacognitive structure - the coherence and depth with which one articulates their own thinking - acts as a buffer. An agent may endorse a belief but have sufficient accessory hypotheses to insulate it from action. To test this, we used metacognitive prompting in GPT-4 to score individual reflections on open-ended questions (e.g.,
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