Emotional information processing in young and older adults: meta-analysis reveals faces elicit distinct biases

Although studies have assessed the association between affective dysfunction and parental bonding, little research has assessed the information processing characteristics of individuals with disrupted parental bonding. The current study investigated differences in attentional processing between individuals with relatively poor versus secure parental bonding, and also assessed this processing in conjunction with a mood priming procedure that has been used in previous vulnerability research. Using a Stroop procedure, results indicated that poorly bonded individuals were less distracted by depressive information than were individuals reporting a secure bonding history. Results also suggested that avoidance of anxious information in the poorly bonded group was uniquely associated with maternal overprotection. These results suggest that poorly bonded individuals may cope with their increased vulnerability by avoiding some types of affectively linked information, and that some of this avoidance may be linked to perceptions of a mother who is overly intrusive.

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Effect of Antidepressant Medication Use on Emotional Information Processing in Major Depression

American Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091243 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 171 (2) ◽

pp. 195-200 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Tony T. Wells ◽

Elise M. Clerkin ◽

Alissa J. Ellis ◽

Christopher G. Beevers

Keyword(s):

Information Processing ◽

Major Depression ◽

Medication Use ◽

Antidepressant Medication ◽

Emotional Information ◽

Emotional Information Processing

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Emotional information-processing correlates of mental health in adolescence: A network analysis approach

10.31234/osf.io/8ygnh ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Sam Parsons ◽

Charlotte Booth ◽

Annabel Songco ◽

Elaine Fox

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Information Processing ◽

Cognitive Bias ◽

Cognitive Biases ◽

Positive Mental Health ◽

Emotional Information ◽

Interpretation Biases ◽

Model Complex ◽

Health Related ◽

Emotional Information Processing

The Combined Cognitive Bias Hypothesis proposes that emotional information processing biases associate with each other and may interact to conjointly influence mental health. Yet, little is known about the interrelationships amongst cognitive biases, particularly in adolescence. We used data from the CogBIAS longitudinal study (Booth et al. 2017), including 451 adolescents who completed measures of interpretation bias, memory bias, and a validated measure of general mental health in a typical population. We used a moderated network modelling approach to examine positive mental health related moderation of the cognitive bias network. Mental health was directly connected to positive and negative memory biases, and positive interpretation biases, but not negative interpretation biases. Further, we observed some mental health related moderation of the network structure. Network connectivity decreased with higher positive mental health scores. Network approaches allow us to model complex relationships amongst cognitive biases and develop novel hypotheses for future research.

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