Memory Bias in Recovered Clinical Depressives

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作者
Bradley, Brendan P. [1 ]
Mathews, Andrew [2 ]
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[1] Univ Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EB, England
[2] Univ London, St Georges Hosp, Sch Med, London WC1E 7HU, England
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10.1080/02699938808410926
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Memory bias for negative versus positive adjectives was investigated in 11 recovered primary unipolar depressives, 12 non-psychiatric controls and 9 current depressives. Adjectives were presented in an intentional memory task, in either a self-or unfamiliar other person-referent condition, where a yes/no judgement was made of whether each word described the respective person. Depressives showed a negative self-referent bias in recall while the recovered group and the controls recalled more positive than negative self-referent material. However, in the other person-referent condition, the recovered depressives recalled fewer positive than negative adjectives, a pattern not shown by the other groups, suggesting that retrieval operations in recovery are not completely normal. It is suggested that the negative self-referent recall bias is a function of both mood and more enduring cognitive structures. Implication of these results for vulnerability are discussed.
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