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SUBMITTER: Nusslock R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3130533 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nusslock Robin R Shackman Alexander J AJ Harmon-Jones Eddie E Alloy Lauren B LB Coan James A JA Abramson Lyn Y LY
Journal of abnormal psychology 20110501 2
The hopelessness theory of depression proposes that individuals with a depressogenic cognitive style are more likely to become hopeless and experience depression following negative life events. Although the neurophysiological underpinnings of cognitive style remain speculative, research indicates that decreased relative left frontal brain electrical activity holds promise as a traitlike marker of depression. This begs the question: Do measures of depressogenic cognitive style and resting frontal ...[more]