Reward devaluation theory posits that depressed individuals avoid and devalue positivity,
suggesting that they may hold fewer positive self-schemas. Previous meta-analytic reviews …

Background Individual differences in reward‐related processes, such as reward responsivity
and approach motivation, appear to play a role in the nature and course of depression. Prior …

Learning theories of depression have proposed that depressive cognitions, such as
negative thoughts with reference to oneself, can develop through a reinforcement learning …

Self-referential evaluation of emotional stimuli has been shown to modify the way emotional
stimuli are processed. This study aimed at a new approach by investigating whether self …

Individuals with depression tend to focus on negativity and interpret neutral situations in a
negative light. Cognitive theories commonly posit that depressed persons' focus on negative …

In contrast to cognitive theories that emphasize negative self-views in depression, a recent
study demonstrated that previously depressed individuals have higher implicit self-esteem …

Background Depression is characterised by a heightened self-focus, which is believed to be
associated with differences in emotion and reward processing. However, the precise …

We investigated the influence of negative emotion on the degree of self-reference effect
using event-related potentials (ERPs). We presented emotional pictures and self-referential …

Individuals are found to have better recall for self-referent information than other types of
information. However, attribution research has shown that self-reference is highly correlated …

This study examines the relationships between explicit and implicit self-esteem and self-
referent memory biases in depression. We specifically tested the hypothesis that implicit self …