Depressive Symptoms and Negatively-Biased False Memories

Clinical and memory research has shown thatdepressive symptoms may lead to a negative bias inmemory recall. This bias results indisproportionately recalling negative memories andevents, which may perpetuate and support depressivesymptomatology. The current books experimentallyinvestigates if these biases extend to dysphoricindividuals' recall, potentially resulting innegatively biased false memories (i.e., recallingdetails or events that have never in fact occurred).The implications for clinical practice, as well aseyewitness testimony are explored.Book contents include a review of memory biasresearch, suggestibility and clinical psychologicalvariables that may increase propensity for producingfalse memories. Study design, results and discussionfollow.This book will appeal to mental health cliniciansworking in the area of mood and depression,professionals in the legal area dealing with memoryaccuracy and academics in the areas of clinicalpsychology, memory and individual differences.

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Donna Torrens, LLB, PhD (University of Saskatchewan): Clinical Psychologist at Child & Youth Services, Saskatoon Health Region. Tammy A. Marche, PhD: Associate Professor of Psychology (St. Thomas More College at University of Saskatchewan). Valerie Thompson, PhD: Professor and Department Head of Psychology (University of Saskatchewan).

Klappentext
Clinical and memory research has shown that depressive symptoms may lead to a negative bias in memory recall. This bias results in disproportionately recalling negative memories and events, which may perpetuate and support depressive symptomatology. The current books experimentally investigates if these biases extend to dysphoric individuals' recall, potentially resulting in negatively biased false memories (i.e., recalling details or events that have never in fact occurred). The implications for clinical practice, as well as eyewitness testimony are explored. Book contents include a review of memory bias research, suggestibility and clinical psychological variables that may increase propensity for producing false memories. Study design, results and discussion follow. This book will appeal to mental health clinicians working in the area of mood and depression, professionals in the legal area dealing with memory accuracy and academics in the areas of clinical psychology, memory and individual differences.