Meanwhile, clinical psychologists at the University of Hildesheim and the Ruhr University Bochum, in Germany, recently published a study titled "Sitting Posture Makes a Difference--Embodiment Effects on Depressive Memory Bias".
Common mental disorder (CMD) was assessed with the Revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R), a structured interview that enquires about the following symptoms: fatigue, sleep problems, irritability, worry, depression, depressive ideas, anxiety, obsessions, memory and concentration, somatic symptoms, compulsions, phobias, physical health worries and panic.
With regard to visuospatial working memory, depressive patients were expected to perform normal as most prior studies failed to find visuospatial working memory deficits in major depression in maintenance tasks without additional executive demands.
Second, the analyses focused on the moderating effect of trait levels of depressive rumination on memory specificity.
This is consistent with other literature [ 18- 20] and may reflect the common depressive symptoms of poor memory and concentration.
Bonnin and colleagues [ 29] recently found that subthreshold depressive symptoms and working memory function (digits backward) were specific predictors of occupational functioning 4 years later.
Icariin, a flavonoid from plants of genus Epimedium, has been shown therapeutic potential for neurodegeneration, memory and depressive disorders, chronic inflammation, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, osteoporosis, cancer, reproductive disorders, and immune dysfunction [ 11, 12].
Previous studies have reported an association between SNP and increased sensitivity to glucocorticoids following a DEX-CRH test, a lower cortisol response after psychological stress [ 40, 41], and more traumatic memories and major depressive disorders [ 28, 42].
The primary dependent variables were depressive symptoms (Centers for Epidemiological Studies — Depression) and burden (Zarit Burden Interview, Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist — Reaction).
Participants reporting depressive symptoms consolidated significantly more neutral memories during SWS, and marginally more negative memories during REM sleep, than those reporting minimal depressive symptoms [t (21) = 2.44, p = .023; t (21) = 1.96, p = .064, respectively].
