Stroop performance in depressive patients: A preliminary report

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 261-267

  Markela Lerenc, Jaana ^a   Kaiser, Stefan ^a   Fiedler, Peter ^a   Weisbrod, Matthias ^a,b   Mundt, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Karlsbad Langensteinbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Executive control; Melancholia; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 33746364161     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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