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Working memory in clinical depression: an experimental study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Shelley Channon,
Jane E. Baker and
Mary M. Robertson
Shelley Channon*
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London
Jane E. Baker
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London
Mary M. Robertson
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Dr S. Channon, Wolfson Building, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA.
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Synopsis

This study compared clinically depressed subjects with normal controls on a range of working memory tasks. The findings suggested the articulatory loop and visuospatial sketch pad components of working memory to be unimpaired in depression. On a range of clinical tasks likely to involve central executive function, depressed subjects showed impairment only on some tasks.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , February 1993, pp. 87 - 91
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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