Dysphorics cannot ignore unpleasant information |
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| Authors: | Christian Frings Dirk Wentura Maike Holtz |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Saarland University , Saarbrücken, Germany c.frings@mx.uni-saarland.de;3. Saarland University , Saarbrücken, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Using a negative affective priming (NAP) design that allows the disentanglement of NAP for unpleasant and pleasant information, we found significant NAP only for unpleasant information for low scorers on the BDI, whereas high scorers showed significant but reversed NAP for unpleasant information and a significant NAP effect for pleasant information. The result is compatible with the hypothesis that depression is associated with an inability to suppress task-irrelevant negative information. |
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