'Useful Delusions' Examines How Beliefs Can Be Powerful In Positive And Negative Ways In a new book, former NPR reporter Shankar Vedantam suggests attaining "a deeper psychological understanding ...

The DSM-V defines a delusion as a firmly-held, fixed, false belief that's not amenable to change in light of conflicting evidence. "Clinically, someone who is delusional carries [at least] one of ...

Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler A few years ago, former NPR journalist and Hidden Brain podcast host Shankar Vedantam ...

CS is named after the 19th century French neurologist Jules Cotard who first described the condition in 1880. Cotard named the disorder the ‘negation delerium’ (le délire de négation).

Some delusions can be mental (narcissism, paranoia, and erotomania), or physical (body dysmorphia and anorexia). Some are positively valanced (narcissism and erotomania) and some are negative ...

'Useful Delusions' Examines How Beliefs Can Be Powerful In Positive And Negative Ways. A few years ago, former NPR journalist and Hidden Brain podcast host Shankar Vedantam became absorbed with ...

'Useful Delusions' Examines How Beliefs Can Be Powerful In Positive And Negative Ways By Steve Inskeep Published March 12, 2021 at 5:06 AM EST ...

Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler A few years ago, former NPR journalist and Hidden Brain podcast host Shankar Vedantam ...

In a new book, former NPR reporter Shankar Vedantam suggests attaining "a deeper psychological understanding of why people believe what they believe," being empathetic and considering costs involved.

Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain, by Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler A few years ago, former NPR journalist and Hidden Brain podcast host Shankar Vedantam became ...