INFORMATION-PROCESSING IN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

Performance on explicit and implicit memory tasks was compared among n on-clinical participants (N = 47) who reported low anxiety and low dep ression, high anxiety and low depression, or high anxiety and high dep ression. No differences were found among the groups in explicit memory . Differences in our measure of implicit memory were attributable to h igher anxiety, regardless of depression. Increased implicit memory was specific to personally relevant information. The study highlights the need for further exploration of information processing in mixed anxie ty and depression. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.