Abstract Theory implicates attentional bias (AB) or dysregulated attentional processing of
emotional information in the recurrence of major depressive episodes. However, empirical …

Depression is theorized to be caused in part by biased cognitive processing of emotional
information. Yet, prior research has adopted a reductionist approach that does not …

Abstract Changes in the processing of emotional information are key features of affective
disorders. Neuropsychological tests based on emotional faces or words are used to detect …

Background: Previous research indicates that antidepressants can restore the balance
between negative and positive emotional processing early in treatment, indicating a role of …

Background Acute administration of selective serotonin and noradrenaline re-uptake
blockers to healthy volunteers affects the processing of emotional information but it is not …

Background: Cognitive bias refers to emotional influences on cognition and provides a
cognitive measure of negativity-or positivity-bias through assessment of the behavioral …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In cognitive theories of depression, processing biases
are assumed to be partly responsible for the onset and maintenance of mood disorders …

A markedly reduced interest or pleasure in activities previously considered pleasurable is a
main symptom in mood disorder and psychosis and is often present in other psychiatric …

Objective: Cognitive models suggest that biased processing of emotional information may
play a role in the genesis and maintenance of psychotic symptoms. The role of dopamine …

The diagnosis of a mental disorder generally depends on clinical observations and
phenomenological symptoms reported by the patient. The definition of a given diagnosis is …