Implicit and explicit memory bias in depressed and non depressed subjects |
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Authors: | Jose A. Ruiz-caballero Piedad Gonzilez |
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Affiliation: | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) , Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | Abstract Two experiments were carried out to investigate a possible mood-congruent memory bias in explicit memory (free-recall test) and implicit memory (word-stem completion task) for positive and negative words in depressed and non depressed college students. A comparison of implicit and explicit mood-congruent memory bias should help to reveal cognitive processes involved in this effect. The results of both studies indicated that depressed subjects showed a memory bias not only on the traditional explicit memory task, but on the implicit memory task as well. The theoretical implications of these results are discussed. |
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