Effortful and Automatic Cognitive Processes in Depression

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Effortful and Automatic Cognitive Processes in Depression

Peter P. Roy-Byrne, MD; Herbert Weingartner, PhD; Linda M. Bierer, MD; Karen Thompson; Robert M. Post, MD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1986;43(3):265-267.

Abstract

• Ten patients with major depression and ten age- and sexmatchednormal controls were presented with two contrasting cognitivetasks: one required sustained effort and information processing,and the other required only superficial information processingthat could be accomplished automatically, with little effort.Depressed patients performed more poorly only on the effort-demandingcognitive task.

Author Affiliations

From the Biological Psychiatry Branch (Drs Roy-Byrne, Bierer, and Post) and the Laboratory of Psychology (Dr Weingartner and Ms Thompson), National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md.

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Accepted for publication Dec 4, 1984.

Reprint requests to Biological Psychiatry Branch, Bldg 10, Room3N-212, National Institute of Mental Health, 9000 RockvillePike, Bethesda, MD 20205 (Dr Post).

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