Is there a valence-specific pattern in emotional conflict in major depressive disorder? An exploratory psychological study.

Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) clinically exhibit a deficit in positive emotional processing and are often distracted by especially negative emotional stimuli. Such emotional-cognitive interference in turn hampers the cognitive abilities of patients in their ongoing task. While the ps...

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Main Authors: Zhiguo Hu, Hongyan Liu, Xuchu Weng, Georg Northoff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3282781?pdf=render