The association between depressive symptoms and executive control impairments in response to emotional and non-emotional information

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-280

  de Lissnyder, Evi ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^b   de Raedt, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Executive control; Inhibition; Rumination; Shifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 76949089015     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699930903378354     Document Type: Article

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