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Diminished response to pleasant stimuli by depressed women

Sloan, Denise M., Strauss, Milton E., Wisner, Katherine L.·2001·Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Abstract

This study examined the self-report and facial expressions of emotional response to pictorial stimuli and the incidental learning of pleasant and unpleasant words by depressed (n = 20) and nondepressed (n = 20) women. Depression was associated with reports of diminished emotional response and reduced frequency and intensity of facial expressions only to pleasant stimuli. The 2 groups did not differ in response to hedonically unpleasant stimuli, even those specifically relevant to the emotion of sadness. In a similar vein, depressed and nondepressed participants showed differences in incidental recall for only pleasant self-referential terms. There was no difference in recall of unpleasant words. These findings suggest the importance of hedonic deficits on psychological processes in clinical depression.

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  • Depressed individuals display attenuated subjective and neural reactivity to positive stimuli, including diminished emotional and affective responses to pleasant stimuli compared with non-depressed controls.

    “Depressed individuals display attenuated subjective and neural reactivity to positive stimuli, including diminished emotional and affective responses to pleasant stimuli compared with non-depressed controls (Dunn et al., 2004; Sloan et al., 2001, 1997).”

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Authors
Sloan, D. M., Strauss, M. E., & Wisner, K. L.
Affiliations
  • Temple University (US)
  • Case Western Reserve University (US)
Venue
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Published
2001-08
Volume
110
Issue
3
Pages
488-493
ISSN
  • 0021-843X (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-1846
OpenAlex
W2051695946
Cited by
229
References
48
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Abnormal Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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, emotional responses, facial expressions, unpleasant stimuli, incidental learning, word recall, sadness, women
MeSH terms
Adult, Affect, Depression, Major Depressive Disorder, Facial Expression, Female, Humans, Learning, Middle Aged, Motivation, Psycholinguistics, Mental Recall, Case-Control Studies

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