Discrimination and response bias in memory: Effects of depression severity and psychomotor retardation

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-103

  Brébion, Gildas ^a   Smith, Mark J ^b   Widlocher, Daniel ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Depression; Memory; Psychomotor retardation; Recognition; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0343907326     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(97)03098-9     Document Type: Article

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