BackgroundWhile depression is known to involve a disturbance of mood, movement and
cognition, its associated cognitive deficits are frequently viewed as simple epiphenomena of …

The existing evidence paints an unclear picture of whether an association exists between
depression and memory impairment. The purpose of this investigation was to determine …

In the past decade, a growing bulk of evidence has accumulated to suggest that patients
suffering from major depression (MD) present some cognitive disturbances, such as …

A meta-analysis of neuropsychological studies of patients with bipolar disorder comprised of
42 studies of 1,197 patients in euthymia, 13 studies consisting of 314 patients in a …

Automatic processes require few attentional resources, but effortful processes use
attentional capacity. Research on cognitive processing by depressed individuals is reviewed …

Verbal fluency tasks have been widely used to evaluate language and executive control
processes in the human brain. FMRI studies of verbal fluency, however, have used either …

Background Patients with bipolar disorder spend approximately half of their lives
symptomatic and the majority of that time suffering from symptoms of depression, which …

A profile of neuropsychological deficits of clinically depressed (major depression) but
otherwise unimpaired individuals is presented, based on a meta-analysis of all studies …

Background: Bipolar disorder (BD) may be associated with significant and persistent
cognitive impairment. The aim of this study was to describe the profile of cognitive deficits in …

Background: Cognitive deficits associated with mood disorders, especially bipolar disorder,
have been the focus of limited systematic investigation. Methods: We tested 35 bipolar (21 in …