This selective review aims to summarize the recent advances in understanding the
neuromolecular underpinnings of biased cognition in depressive disorder. We begin by …

Abstract Background Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability
globally. Currently available treatments have limited efficacy and combination strategies are …

Emotional biases in attention, interpretation, and memory are viewed as important cognitive
processes underlying symptoms of depression. To date, there is a limited understanding of …

Although the cost of poor treatment outcomes of depression is staggering, we do not yet
have clinically useful methods for selecting the most effective antidepressant for each …

Depression is one of several disorders affecting mood, along with mania, hypomania, and
bipolar disorders. The present chapter focuses on behavioral assessment of antidepressant …

We discuss the importance of cognitive abnormalities in unipolar depression, drawing the
distinction between “hot”(emotion-laden) and “cold”(emotion-independent) cognition.“Cold” …

Deficits in reward and motivation are common symptoms characterizing several psychiatric
and neurological disorders. Such deficits may include anhedonia, defined as loss of …

Emotional biases in attention, interpretation, and memory are predictive of future depressive
symptoms. It remains unknown, however, how these biased cognitive processes interact to …

Drawing from substantial evidence demonstrating cognitive biases in depression at various
stages of information processing (ie, attention, interpretation, memory, cognitive control), we …

Background. A long-standing debate concerns whether dysfunctional cognitive processes
and content play a causal role in the etiology of depression or more simply represent …