Cognitive deficits associated with depression
What cognitive deficits are associated with depression, and what are they called?
Depression is associated with deficits in episodic memory, learning and executive function, especially in set-shifting tasks.
Most studies have implicated disruption of the prefrontal cortex in these impairments.
Many have found that these deficits are independent of age and depression severity.
The syndrome of dementia due to depression is called pseudodementia .
