No room to think: Depressive thoughts may have a negative effect on working memory [ScienceDaily.com]

Samantha Sangenito 3/19/154:00 AM

A new study in the journal Cognition and Emotion illustrates the link between reduced working memory capacity and dysphoria, a significant and prolonged depressed mood related to clinical depression.

Building on the knowledge that dysphoric individuals (DIs) and clinically depressed people maintain their attention on 'mood-congruent' information longer than people without depressed mood, Nicholas A. Hubbard and his colleagues carried out three studies to test both working memory and processing speed.
The first was a recall task with 'neutral' interference, the second a variation of the first with 'depressive' interference in the form of negative statements about mood, and the third a replication of the first two studies with a focus on processing speed and recall.

[For more go to http://www.sciencedaily.com/re.../03/150318074442.htm]

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