Blunted neural response to errors as a trait marker of melancholic depression

Biological Psychology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2016, Pages 100-107

  Weinberg, Anna ^a,b   Liu, Huiting ^a   Shankman, Stewart A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Error related negativity; Melancholia; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ERROR RELATED NEGATIVITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MELANCHOLIC DEPRESSION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NON MELANCHOLIC DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949256218     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.11.012     Document Type: Article

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