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- koster et al study offers support for the role of negative cognitive biases in depression
- investigated attentional abilities of people with major depression
- pps sat in front of a computer and a positive neutral or negative word would flash up on the screen
- a square would then appear on the screen and a participant had to press a button as fast as they could to indicate where square appeared
- dependent variablereaction time to pressing button
- independent variablewhether pp has major depression or not
- after being presented with negative word, participants with major depression took longer than the controls to indicate where square appeared
- this effect not observed with positive or neutral words
- supports idea that people with major depression focus mainly on negatives