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Number of event-related potential (ERP) trials in each condition.
| Condition | Depressed patients (n = 25) |
Control subjects (n = 25) |
Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Negative words | 34.8 ± 3.3 | 34.2 ± 3.5 | t(48) = 0.71, p = 0.842 |
| Neutral words | 33.3 ± 5.4 | 36.2 ± 5.1 | t(48) = −0.95, p = 0.347 |
| Positive words | 33.5 ± 4.2 | 36.5 ± 3.6 | t(48) = −1.21, p = 0.213 |
Trials with large artifact or a incorrect response were excluded. Descriptive data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.
