Deficits in maintenance and interference control of working memory in major depression: evidence from the visuospatial change detection task.

Xu LiXue-Lei ChenYu-Ting ZhangRui-Ting LiHan-Ping BaiSimon S Y LuiRaymond C K Chan

Published in: Cognitive neuropsychiatry (2021)

Our findings suggested that patients with MDD appear to show generalised impairments on visuospatial WM function of maintenance and interference control. Future studies should use refined paradigms to assess the different functions of WM and their distinctive contributions to symptomatology of depression.

Keyphrases

working memory
transcranial direct current stimulation
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
major depressive disorder
traumatic brain injury
depressive symptoms
current status
sleep quality
loop mediated isothermal amplification
bipolar disorder