Impaired distractor inhibition on a selective attention task in unmedicated, depressed subjects

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 557-564

  MacQueen, Glenda M ^a   Tipper, S P ^b   Young, L T ^b   Joffe, R T ^b   Levitt, A J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034044902     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291799001981     Document Type: Article

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