Delusions are fixed and false personal beliefs that are resistant to change in the light of conflicting evidence. Delusions are the extreme case of irrational beliefs. These beliefs are obsessive and ...

Beliefs remain fundamental to our behavior and identity, but are not well understood. Delusions, on the other hand, are fixed, usually false, beliefs that are strongly held, but not widely shared. In ...

Don’t let misguided thinking prevent you from creating change. As philanthropists seek to change the world, many need to get out of their own way. By that I mean that, too often, philanthropists see ...

First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people A new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may ...

A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain ...

Around the year 1400, the French king Charles VI began to exhibit a number of disturbing behaviors that eventually earned him the nickname "Charles the Mad." Among these behaviors, he refused to let ...