Modulating mind-wandering in dysphoria

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Murphy, Fionnuala ^a   Macpherson, Kirsty ^b   Jeyabalasingham, Trisha ^b   Manly, Tom ^a   Dunn, Barnaby ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Depression; Mind wandering; Mood; Rumination; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889631790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00888     Document Type: Article

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