Depression reduces perceptual sensitivity for positive words and pictures

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1359-1370

  Atchley, Ruth Ann ^a   Ilardi, Stephen S ^a   Young, Keith M ^a   Stroupe, Natalie N ^a   O'Hare, Aminda J ^a   Bistricky, Steven L ^a   Collison, Elizabeth ^a   Gibson, Linzi ^a   Schuster, Jonathan ^a   Lepping, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive bias; Depression; Perception; Pictures; Words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84868683607     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2012.660134     Document Type: Article

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