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Mood, recall, and selectivity effects in normal college students.

L Hasher, K C Rose, R T Zacks

Journal of Experimental Psychology. General

|March 1, 1985

Summary

Depressed mood in college students did not affect memory recall of positive or negative events. Results challenge cognitive theories linking negative thoughts to depression maintenance.

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Cognitive Science
Clinical Psychology

Background:

Depression is often associated with negative memory biases.
Cognitive theories suggest negative cognitions are central to depression.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between normal variations in depressed mood and memory recall in college students.
To test predictions from capacity and schema theories regarding mood and memory.

Main Methods:

Three experiments were conducted with college students.
Participants read and recalled stories with protagonists experiencing good, bad, or neutral events.

Main Results:

No significant differences were found in overall recall levels between depressed and nondepressed students.

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Affective content of recall did not differ between groups.

Results contradict predictions from capacity and schema theories.

Conclusions:

The findings challenge cognitive models of depression that emphasize the role of negative cognitions.
The study questions the direct link between depressed mood and biased memory recall in this population.
The utility of induction procedures in depression research is discussed.