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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • The impact of depression on decision-making remains unclear, with conflicting research findings.
  • Some studies indicate impaired performance in depressed individuals, while others show no effect or even enhanced performance.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To replicate and extend previous findings on depression's effect on the secretary problem (SP) task.
  • To investigate the influence of negative feedback on decision-making in depressed versus non-depressed individuals.

Main Methods:

  • Eighty-two participants, including individuals with major depression disorder (MDD) and matched healthy controls, completed a sequential decision-making task (secretary problem).
  • Participants performed either a standard or modified version of the task, with the modified version including negative feedback.
  • Questionnaires assessed depression, personality, and intelligence.

Main Results:

  • No significant differences in task performance were observed between the MDD group and the healthy control group.
  • This lack of difference was consistent across both the standard and modified versions of the sequential decision-making task.

Conclusions:

  • The study did not find evidence that major depression disorder significantly affects performance in a sequential decision-making task.
  • Further research is needed, considering factors like rumination and the severity of depression in ambulatory patients.