Sustained attention in major unipolar depression

Percept Mot Skills. 2007 Jun;104(3 Pt 2):1350-4. doi: 10.2466/pms.104.4.1350-1354.

Abstract

Patients suffering from a major unipolar depression (n=17) and a normal control group (n=17) were compared on a noninterrupted vigilance task with a duration of 36 min. The performance decrement over time of the depressed group was indicative of a deficit in sustained attention.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arousal / physiology
  • Attention / physiology*
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / diagnosis*
  • Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / psychology
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis*
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / diagnosis*
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / psychology
  • Female
  • Fixation, Ocular / physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Psychomotor Performance / physiology
  • Reaction Time / physiology
  • Time Factors