Perception of affective prosody in major depression: a link to executive functions? Export

@article{citeulike:3905744, abstract = {Major depression is associated with impairments of executive functions and affect perception deficits, both being linked to dysfunction of fronto-subcortical networks. So far, little is known about the relationship between cognitive and affective deficits in major depression. In the present investigation, affect perception and executive functions were assessed in 29 patients with a diagnosis of major depression (Dep) and 29 healthy controls (HC). Both groups were comparable on IQ, age, and gender distribution. Depressed patients showed deficits of perception of affective prosody, which were significantly related to inhibition, set shifting, and working memory. Our findings suggest a significant association between cognitive deficits and affect perception impairments in major depression, which may be of considerable clinical relevance and might be addressed in treatment approaches. Future studies are desirable to investigate the nature of the association in more detail.}, author = {Uekermann, J. and Abdel-Hamid, M. and Lehmk\"{a}mper, C. and Vollmoeller, W. and Daum, I.}, citeulike-article-id = {3905744}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617708080740}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18577284}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18577284}, doi = {10.1017/S1355617708080740}, issn = {1469-7661}, journal = {Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS}, keywords = {depression, emotion, executive}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {552--561}, posted-at = {2009-01-18 07:08:19}, priority = {2}, title = {Perception of affective prosody in major depression: a link to executive functions?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617708080740}, volume = {14}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3905744 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3905744 N2 - Major depression is associated with impairments of executive functions and affect perception deficits, both being linked to dysfunction of fronto-subcortical networks. So far, little is known about the relationship between cognitive and affective deficits in major depression. In the present investigation, affect perception and executive functions were assessed in 29 patients with a diagnosis of major depression (Dep) and 29 healthy controls (HC). Both groups were comparable on IQ, age, and gender distribution. Depressed patients showed deficits of perception of affective prosody, which were significantly related to inhibition, set shifting, and working memory. Our findings suggest a significant association between cognitive deficits and affect perception impairments in major depression, which may be of considerable clinical relevance and might be addressed in treatment approaches. Future studies are desirable to investigate the nature of the association in more detail. IS - 4 JF - Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS SN - 1469-7661 EP - 561 TI - Perception of affective prosody in major depression: a link to executive functions? VL - 14 SP - 552 KW - depression KW - emotion KW - executive AU - Uekermann, J AU - Abdel-Hamid, M AU - Lehmkämper, C AU - Vollmoeller, W AU - Daum, I PY - 2008/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355617708080740 ER -