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Mnemonic Discrimination Performance in Anxiety and Depression: A Systematic Review.

Alexandra Kaszás¹, Szabolcs Kéri^2,3

¹Department of Cognitive Sciences, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Műegyetem rakpart 3, Budapest, 1111, Hungary, bme.hu.

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Anxiety and depression impact memory, but their link to pattern separation is complex. Depression severity negatively correlates with pattern separation, while anxiety shows mixed results, needing more research.

Keywords:

anxiety depression mnemonic discrimination pattern separation systematic review

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychiatry
Cognitive Psychology

Background:

Anxiety disorders and depression are prevalent mental illnesses with high comorbidity.
Both conditions are linked to memory impairments, but the specific relationship with pattern separation is understudied.

Purpose of the Study:

To review behavioral pattern separation performance in individuals with anxiety and depression.
To investigate the influence of anxiety and depression severity on mnemonic discrimination.

Main Methods:

Systematic search of scientific databases and AI for quantitative studies.
Included studies measuring mnemonic discrimination using specific tasks.
Assessed anxiety and depression symptoms using validated scales.

Main Results:

Anxiety studies showed conflicting evidence; a trend suggested better performance with threat encoding/safe retrieval.
Depression studies consistently indicated a negative correlation between symptom severity and pattern separation.
Pattern separation was enhanced for negative and impaired for neutral stimuli in depression.

Conclusions:

Conflicting evidence in anxiety and consistent findings in depression warrant further investigation.
Methodological inconsistencies and clinical heterogeneity limit current understanding.
Unified methodologies are needed to clarify the relationship between anxiety, depression, and pattern separation.