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A Pilot Study of Smartphone-Based Memory Bias Modification and Its Effect on Memory Bias and Depressive symptoms in an Unselected Population

Authors: Damian A. Visser, Indira Tendolkar, Aart H. Schene, Livia van de Kraats, Henricus G. Ruhe, Janna N. Vrijsen

Published in: Cognitive Therapy and Research | Issue 1/2020

Abstract

Memory bias modification (MBM) is a relatively new approach at targeting biased processing—a central cognitive factor causing and maintaining depression. In this pilot study we aimed to develop a smartphone-based autobiographical memory training, a novel form of MBM. A total of 153 unselected participants were randomly allocated to one of three experimental training conditions (positive, negative or sham memory training) conducted over a period of three days. Autobiographical memory bias and depressive scores were assessed pre- and post-training, whilst recent event recall and explicit self-referent memory bias were assessed post-training. Positive memory bias significantly increased in the positive training condition, however memory bias did not significantly differ post-training between the three conditions. Participants who received positive training recalled a positive autobiographical event more frequently compared to the other conditions. No significant difference between conditions was found in the other outcomes, including symptoms. The novel smartphone-based MBM intervention seems apt to affect autobiographical memory of emotional material. Future research should explore its possible (therapeutic) application.

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Title: A Pilot Study of Smartphone-Based Memory Bias Modification and Its Effect on Memory Bias and Depressive symptoms in an Unselected Population
Authors: Damian A. Visser
Indira Tendolkar
Aart H. Schene
Livia van de Kraats
Henricus G. Ruhe
Janna N. Vrijsen
Publication date: 01-02-2020
Publisher: Springer US
Keywords: Affective Disorder
Affective Disorder
Published in: Cognitive Therapy and Research / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 0147-5916
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2819
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-019-10042-x

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