Selective impairment in effortful information processing in major depression

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 954-959

  Hammar, Åsa ^a   Lund, Anders ^b   Hugdahl, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Attention; Automatic and effortful information processing; Major depression; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0141538385     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617703960152     Document Type: Article

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