期刊
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
卷 295, 期 -, 页码 559-568出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.08.083
关键词
Depression; Working memory; Electroencephalography; Event-related potentials; Frontal theta
资金
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation [24015, 26060]
This study investigated the working memory deficits in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to healthy controls. The results showed that MDD participants had prolonged response times and increased activity in certain brain waves, suggesting they may require increased cognitive resources for working memory tasks.
Objective: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with deficits in working memory. Several cognitive subprocesses interact to produce working memory, including attention, encoding, maintenance and manipulation. We sought to clarify the contribution of functional deficits in these subprocesses in MDD by varying cognitive load during a working memory task. Methods: 41 depressed participants and 41 age and gender-matched healthy controls performed the n-back working memory task at three levels of difficulty (0-, 1-, and 2-back) in a pregistered study. We assessed response times, accuracy, and event-related electroencephalography (EEG), including P2 and P3 amplitudes, and frontal theta power (4-8 Hz). Results: MDD participants had prolonged response times and more positive frontal P3 amplitudes (i.e., Fz) relative to controls, mainly in the most difficult 2-back condition. Working memory accuracy, P2 amplitudes and frontal theta event-related synchronisation did not differ between groups at any level of task difficulty. Conclusions: Depression is associated with generalized psychomotor slowing of working memory processes, and may involve compensatory hyperactivity in frontal and parietal regions. Significance: These findings provide insights into MDD working memory deficits, indicating that depressed individuals dedicate greater levels of cortical processing and cognitive resources to achieve comparable working memory performance to controls.
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