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Affective bias in internal attention shifting among depressed youth

Lo, Barbara Chuen Yee, Allen, Nicholas B.·2011·Psychiatry Research

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The present study compared the performance of depressed youths and healthy controls on a modified mental counting task. The mental counting task was designed to capture processes associated with shifting the internal focus of attention by requiring participants to count random runs of words appearing on a computer screen. The words belonged to two different categories, and participants were required to maintain a count of the number of words in each category. Participants' reaction time to successfully update their counts and call for subsequent stimuli was measured. In particular, two versions of the modified counting task were developed: one incorporating neutral words and the other affective words. Overall, our findings in reaction time analysis suggest that depressed patients exhibited greater difficulty switching their internal focus of attention in the affective task when compared to healthy controls, even when controlling for their rate of accuracy. However, there was no significant difference between the groups during the neutral task. Results support the hypothesis that depression is related to impaired internal attention shifting when processing affective material.

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Authors
Lo, B. C. Y., & Allen, N. B.
Affiliations
The University of Melbourne (AU)
Corresponding author
Allen, Nicholas B.
Venue
Psychiatry Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-05
Volume
187
Issue
1-2
Pages
125-129
ISSN
0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2003682224
Cited by
35
References
38
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FWCI
1.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - Lingnan (Lingnan University) (submittedVersion)
  • The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Treatment of Major Depression
Keywords
depression, affective bias, attentional control, emotional words, reaction time, adolescents, emotional processing
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Depression, Emotions, Female, Humans, Male, Mathematics, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Photic Stimulation, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Reaction Time, Vocabulary, Bias, Self Report

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