Thinking and Depression

A Review of the Role of Social Cognition in Major Depressive Disorder

“…This observed negative interpretive bias on social cognitive tasks is mood-congruent and consistent with the cognitive paradigm of depression, as proposed by Beck ( 49 , 50 ). This conceptualization of depression proposes that the thoughts, interpretations, and attitudes of an individual play an important role in the pathogenesis of the disorder.…”

Frontopolar cortex activation associated with pessimistic future-thinking in adults with major depressive disorder

“…This suggested that increased medial BA10 activation during distant future-thinking was associated with pessimistic future-thinking. This is in line with Beck's cognitive theory of depression (Beck and Alford, 2009; Beck, 1963, Beck, 2008) and with empirical studies showing that depression patients have an abstract style of processing and reduced ability to imagine a positive future (Hallford et al, 2018). These findings suggest that frontopolar cortex activity is a potential neuromarker for assessing cognitive function.…”

Right-posterior face processing anomaly in depression.

“…Third, depressed participants' N200 suppression primarily involved positive stimuli. This valence-dependent arousability deficit is consistent with cognitive theories of depression (e.g., Beck, 1963) and a growing literature on mood-dependent cognition in depression (e.g., Mineka & Sutton, 1992). Fourth, the emphasis in the six-way interaction on face rather than word stimuli suggests that it was stimuli for which the right-posterior cortex is believed to be specialized that revealed the group difference.…”