Table 2. Mean reaction times (ms) and error rates (% in brackets) for traditional emotional conflict effect in MDD patients and healthy controls.

	Negative Target			Positive Target
	NN	PN	PN-NN	PP	NP	NP-PP
MDD	749 (5.6)	773 (15.3)	25	738 (7.2)	770 (9.4)	32
Controls	634 (8.4)	687 (11.6)	52**	611(4.7)	623 (5.9)	12

Note.

**p<.01. Abbreviations: NN represents a combination of negative word distractor and negative face target; PN, positive distractor – negative target; PP, positive distractor – positive target; NP, negative distractor – positive target.