We review research showing that rumination has multiple negative consequences:(a)
exacerbating psychopathology by magnifying and prolonging negative mood states …

Cognitive science has been instrumental in advancing our understanding of the onset,
maintenance, and treatment of depression. Research conducted over the last 50 years …

Abstract Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is an affective disorder with sustained negative
affect and difficulties experiencing positive affect as its hallmark features. Previous work also …

Depression is linked to deficits in cognitive control and a host of other cognitive impairments
arise as a consequence of these deficits. Despite of their important role in depression, there …

Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced
perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but …

Objective: Patients with depression show blunted amygdala hemodynamic activity to
positive stimuli, including autobiographical memories. The authors examined the therapeutic …

Working memory capacity is an important psychological construct, and many real-world
phenomena are strongly associated with individual differences in working memory …

Recent studies have used non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques, such as
repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation …

BACKGROUND: Recurrent-episode Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is associated with a
number of neuropsychological deficits. To date, less is known about whether these are …

Cognitive theories of depression posit that people's thoughts, inferences, attitudes, and
interpretations, and the way in which they attend to and recall information, can increase their …