Depression linked to abnormal processing of emotion
‘The brains of depressed people don’t react the same way to negative situations as the brains of healthy people, a University of Wisconsin-Madison study has found.
Using brain imaging to examine neural circuits involved in emotional control, researchers discovered depressed people had a hard time regulating their negative feelings through conscious effort.
Study participants were exposed to a series of images such as car accidents and threatening-looking animals — images designed to provoke strong negative emotional responses.’
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