Beyond words: Sensory properties of depressive thoughts

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1047-1056

  Moritz, Steffen ^a   Hörmann, Claudia Cecile ^a   Schröder, Johanna ^a   Berger, Thomas ^b   Jacob, Gitta A ^c,d   Meyer, Björn ^d,e   Holmes, Emily A ^f   Späth, Christina ^g   Hautzinger, Martin ^h   Lutz, Wolfgang ⁱ   Rose, Matthias ^j   Klein, Jan Philipp ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d GAIA AG   (Germany)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^j CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Depression; Hallucinations; Mental imagery; Rumination; Sensory processing; Vividness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE THOUGHT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY EXPERIENCE; SENSORY SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902785623     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.868342     Document Type: Article

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