Measuring bias against disconfirmatory evidence: An evaluation of BADE task scoring methods and the case for a novel method

摘要: Research suggests that bias against disconfirmatory evidence (BADE) may help maintain delusions in the face of overwhelming them. Much this research has employed Woodward and colleagues' BADE task. Different methods scoring task, many which have significant drawbacks, are currently used by researchers, making it difficult to compare results across studies BADE. Continued advancement demands a method with more favorable psychometric properties is consistently researchers. Here, we take data-driven but theory-informed approach development new for This procedure parsimonious than previous metrics captures vast majority their predictive variance relation delusions. therefore be capable inspiring consensus use among If so, could significantly increase ease comparing future