Open AccessDeep phenotyping of attention impairments and the ‘Inattention Biotype’ in Major Depressive Disorder
Author(s) -
Arielle S. Keller,
Tali M. Ball,
Leanne M. Williams
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.857
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1469-8978
pISSN - 0033-2917
DOI - 10.1017/s0033291719002290
Subject(s) - psychology , functional magnetic resonance imaging , major depressive disorder , cognition , default mode network , neuroimaging , audiology , cognitive psychology , clinical psychology , neuroscience , medicine
Attention impairment is an under-investigated feature and diagnostic criterion of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) that is associated with poorer outcomes. Despite increasing knowledge regarding mechanisms of attention in healthy adults, we lack a detailed characterization of attention impairments and their neural signatures in MDD.