Effect of cognitive bias modification-memory on depressive symptoms and autobiographical memory bias: two independent studies in high-ruminating and dysphoric samples

Abstract

(2018): Effect of cognitive bias modification-memory on depressive symptoms and autobiographical memory bias: two independent studies in high-ruminating and dysphoric samples, Cognition and Emotion,

A Pilot Study of Smartphone-Based Memory Bias Modification and Its Effect on Memory Bias and Depressive symptoms in an Unselected Population

“…This is corroborated by in the awareness check data, where some subjects reported that they felt better as a result of their difficulty recalling negative events. This is also in line with earlier findings by Vrijsen et al (2018), where only dysphoric individuals with an initial positive processing style showed more positive autobiographical memory bias after positive MBM, suggesting that it may be more difficult to revert a pre-existing negative memory bias as seen in depression.…”

“…Several distinct subtypes of CBM have been developed, each targeting different cognitive domains such as attention (Attention bias modification/ABM; MacLeod et al 2002), interpretation (Interpretation Bias Modification/CBM-I; Yiend et al 2005), approach-avoidance (Approach-avoidance training/AAT; Rinck and Becker 2007) and memory (Memory bias modification/MBM; Vrijsen et al 2016;Hertel et al 2017;Vrijsen et al 2018). Initial lab-based MBM studies in unselected samples have shown promising results (Vrijsen et al 2016;Hertel et al 2017;Arditte Hall et al 2018).…”

“…Initial lab-based MBM studies in unselected samples have shown promising results (Vrijsen et al 2016;Hertel et al 2017;Arditte Hall et al 2018). Recently, a lab-based MBM study performed by Vrijsen et al (2018) in high-ruminating and dysphoric participants to memorise and recall positive, neutral and negative Swahili words (non-personalised verbal stimuli) paired with their translations in a single lab session. The study had overall null findings, however the positive training session in dysphoric individuals with a pre-existing positive memory bias resulted in an increased positive autobiographical bias.…”

“…We also explored whether the modification of memory bias would transfer further to selfreferential but non-autobiographical explicit memory bias using the self-referential encoding task (SRET; Derry and Kuiper 1981;Hammen and Zupan 1984). The SRET is a wide-used memory bias task and was included in many previous memory bias (modification) studies (e.g., Gotlib et al 2004;van Oostrom et al 2012;Vogel et al 2014;Vrijsen et al 2018). To explore the reach of the training effect and to include clinically relevant measures, symptoms of depression including state and trait rumination and negative affect were assessed pre and post training.…”

„Cognitive bias modification“ als mögliche Add-on-Therapie bei Depression

“…Bisher deuten die aktuellen Studien darauf hin, dass 4 Sitzungen des CBM-Positivitätstrainings depressive Symptome klinisch relevant verringern können (Becker et al 2019). Auch sollten weitere Studien die verschiedenen Modalitäten untersuchen: So kann beispielsweise ein CBM-Interpretationstraining effektiver sein als ein CBM-Aufmerksamkeitstraining (Cristea et al 2015), wobei eine gedächtnisspezifische CBM einen neuen Ansatz darstellt (Vrijsen et al 2019). Bei einem solchen Training werden Patienten trainiert, positive Stimuli durch wiederholte Retrieval-Prozesse besser zu erinnern.…”