Poor performance on cognitive tasks in depression: Doing too much or not enough?

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 129-140

  Jones, Neil P ^a,b   Siegle, Greg J ^a,b   Muelly, Emilie R ^c   Haggerty, Agnes ^a,b   Ghinassi, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOLINERGIC ANTAGONISTS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PUPIL; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953102968     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.10.1.129     Document Type: Article

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