Controlled and automatic uses of memory in depressed patients: effect of retention interval lengths.
The present study examines controlled and automatic uses of memory in clinically depressed patients by applying the Process Dissociation Procedure developed by Jacoby (1991) to a stem completion memory task with short and long retention intervals. The results show that the contribution of controlled processes is lower in depressed patients than in controls, especially for the longest retention interval, whereas the contribution of automatic processes is equivalent in both groups and unaffected by the length of the retention interval. These findings are discussed in a cognitive control framework.
Jermann
Françoise
F
Cognitive Psychopathology and Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, 40, Bd du Pont d'Arve, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. francoise.jermann@pse.unige.ch
Van der Linden
Martial
M
Adam
Stéphane
S
Ceschi
Grazia
G
Perroud
Alain
A
D000328:Adult; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001332:Automatism; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003463:Cues; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines