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 …

Abstract Interpretation biases have long been theorized to play a central role in depression.
Yet, the strength of the empirical evidence for this bias remains a topic of debate. This meta …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

People with emotional disorders, such as social anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety
disorder (GAD), and depression, demonstrate a consistent tendency, or bias, to generate …

Depression is one of the most common mental health problems in childhood and
adolescence. Although data consistently show it is associated with self-reported negative …

Research traditions on cognition and depression focus on relatively unconnected aspects of
cognitive functioning. On one hand, the neuropsychological perspective has concentrated …

Healthy individuals often exhibit prioritized processing of aversive information, as
manifested in enhanced orientation of attention to threatening stimuli compared with neutral …

This study examined whether individuals experiencing significant depressive symptoms
would differ from non-depressed controls in their interpretation of internet memes related to …

Background Attentional and memory biases are viewed as crucial cognitive processes
underlying symptoms of depression. However, it is still unclear whether these two biases are …

Interpretation biases have been extensively explored in a range of populations, including
patients with anxiety and depressive disorders where they have been argued to influence …