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Autobiographical memory and depression

W Kuyken1, T Dalgleish

  • 1Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

The British Journal of Clinical Psychology
|February 1, 1995
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Depressed individuals do not show a bias toward recalling negative memories. However, they consistently struggle with retrieving specific autobiographical memories, a common finding in depression research.

Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Conflicting findings exist regarding whether depressed individuals recall negative over positive memories.
  • A consistent finding is the tendency for depressed individuals to retrieve overgeneral autobiographical memories.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate recall biases in depressed patients.
  • To examine the specificity of autobiographical memories in depression.

Main Methods:

  • Depressed patients and non-depressed controls were recruited.
  • Participants generated specific memories in response to positive and negative cue words.

Main Results:

  • No significant latency bias was found in recalling memories to negative cues compared to positive cues.

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  • Depressed patients demonstrated difficulty in generating specific autobiographical memories, supporting previous research.

    • Conclusions:

    • Depression is not associated with a recall bias for negative over positive autobiographical memories.
    • Difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories is a robust characteristic of depression.