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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 2011 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Memory |
Issue number | 2 |
Volume | 19 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Pages (from-to) | 192-201 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
The Deese/Roediger-McDermott paradigm was used to investigate the effect of depression on true and false recognition. In this experiment true and false recognition was examined across positive, neutral, negative, and depression-relevant lists for individuals with and without a diagnosis of major depressive disorder. Results showed that participants with major depressive disorder falsely recognised significantly more depression-relevant words than non-depressed controls. These findings also parallel recent research using recall instead of recognition and show that there are clear mood congruence effects for depression on false memory performance.