title: Interference control in children with first episode major depression: a brief report.
abstract: The ability to deal with sources of conflict, that is, interference control, was evaluated in a group of 11 children with first episode Major Depression and a peer control group. To this end, the Eriksen and Schultz (1979) task was used. Here, the participant is presented with a stimulus that simultaneously activates two conflicting response channels: One response is activated by the instructions, whereas the other response is activated by elements in the array that strongly invite an alternative - yet incorrect - response. Findings provided no evidence for an undisturbed interference control nor impaired overall processing speed in children with first episode Major Depression.
authors.affiliation: University of Groningen, The Netherlands. j.j.van.der.meere@rug.nl
authors.forename: Jaap
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Meere
authors.forename: Norbert A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Borger
authors.forename: Silja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pirila
authors.forename: Floyed
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sallee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time