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Attentional Bias in Older Adults with Non-Clinical Depression: An Eye-Tracking Study.

Background: Cognitive models of depression assert that attentional biases play an important role in the maintenance of depression. However, few studies have explored attentional bias in depressed older adults, and no consistent conclusions have been reached. Methods: In the current study, we investi...

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Published in:Experimental Aging Research Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 220 - 232
Main Authors: Yuan, Jing, Chen, Yina, Yuan, Xinyi, Zhang, Yuchen, Wang, Yan, Liu, Zejun
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar/Apr2025
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          Yuan, Jing
          Chen, Yina
          Yuan, Xinyi
          Zhang, Yuchen
          Wang, Yan
          Liu, Zejun
        affil: School of Nursing, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei, China
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          Depression Psychosocial Factors
          Attentional Bias Evaluation
          Eye Movements Evaluation
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Funding Source
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Male
          Female
          Analysis of Variance
          T-Tests
          Descriptive Statistics
          Comparative Studies
          Eye Movement Measurements
          Sensory Stimulation
          Visual Perception
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: Cognitive models of depression assert that attentional biases play an important role in the maintenance of depression. However, few studies have explored attentional bias in depressed older adults, and no consistent conclusions have been reached. Methods: In the current study, we investigated attentional bias in older adults with non-clinical depression. Older adults aged over 60 with non-clinical depression and without depression were instructed to perform a free viewing task while their eye movements were tracked. Results: The results showed that, compared to older adults without depression, non-clinically depressed older adults had longer total fixation durations and a greater number of fixations on sad stimuli. Moreover, non-depressed older adults exhibited a preference for pleasant images, whereas this effect was not observed in older adults with non-clinical depression. Conclusion: This study suggested that non-clinically depressed older adults have attentional bias, which is manifested as increased attention to sad stimuli and decreased attention to pleasant stimuli.The current study has functional and potential functional implications.
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