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Perception of emotionally valenced information in depression
Author(s) -
MacLeod Colin,
Tata Philip,
Mathews Andrew
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1987.tb00728.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , mood , cognition , cognitive psychology , depression (economics) , developmental psychology , social psychology , neuroscience , economics , macroeconomics
Bower's (1981) associative network model of mood and cognition predicts that depression will selectively facilitate the perception of negatively toned words. Recent studies by Clark el al. (1983) and by Powell & Hemsley (1984) have, however, produced apparently discrepant results. Alternative means of accommodating the discrepancy are considered, and the current experiment empirically distinguishes between these possibilities. The results are inconsistent with Bower's model.