Attention and memory biases as stable abnormalities among currently depressed and currently remitted individuals with unipolar depression

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue NOV, 2012, Pages

  Gupta, Rashmi ^a,b   Kar, Bhoomika R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention bias; Currently depressed; Currently remitted individuals with unipolar depression; Memory bias; Stable markers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION BIAS; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEMORY BIAS; MENTAL TASK; RESPONSE TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84870923922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00099     Document Type: Article

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