The attentional boost effect in individuals prone to depression: a Remember/Know analysis based on emotional valence and material type.

ABSTRACT: This study provides the first comprehensive investigation of the attentional boost effect (ABE) in individuals prone to depression under varying conditions of emotional valence and material type. It further examines whether ABE is driven primarily by enhanced recall of target information or by the inhibition of distractor processing. A four-factor mixed design (Group × Material Type × Emotional Valence × Stimulus Type) was employed with 60 university students (30 individuals prone to depression, 30 healthy controls). Participants completed a classical ABE paradigm combined with the Remember/Know (R/K) memory task to assess recognition performance and ABE effect sizes across conditions. The results revealed that: (1) both groups demonstrated significant ABE, supporting its cross-group robus

SUBMITTER: Xie Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12477695 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature