The combined cognitive bias hypothesis in depression

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 413-424

  Everaert, Jonas ^a   Koster, Ernst H W ^a   Derakshan, Nazanin ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive control; Combined cognitive biases; Depression; Interpretation; Memory

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BECK SCHEMA MODEL; CAUSAL MODELING; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED COGNITIVE BIAS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLICIT MEMORY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBIOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861332511     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2012.04.003     Document Type: Review

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