Restoring Emotion Regulation Networks in Depression Vulnerability
Major Depression
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Major Depression
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Currently no-depressed subjects with a history of major depression.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current or past neurological illness, bipolar disorder, psychosis or drug addiction.
Sites / Locations
- University of Oslo, Department of Psychology
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Sham Comparator
Attentional Bias Modification
Sham comparator
ABM dot-probe task with image stimuli (faces) of three valences: positive (happy), neutral, or negative (angry and fearful). In the ABM condition, probes were located behind positive stimuli in 87 % of the trials (valid trials), as opposed to 13% with probes located behind the more negative stimuli (invalid trials). Consequently, participants should implicitly learn to deploy their attention toward positive stimuli, and in this way develop a more positive AB when completing the task.
Sham condition without modification of attentional bias. These trials are identical in structure to the ABM trials with the exception that target probes replaced negative and positive images with equal frequency.