Table II.

Overview memory performance and reaction times (mean and standard deviations) for acutely depressed patients (n = 20), recovered patients (n = 20), and healthy controls (n = 20)

	Depressed	Recovered	Healthy	P a
Memory PERFORMANCE
Old items
Source hits (%)	43.6 (±16.6)	41.7 (±15.2)	43.9 (±15.0)	0.88
Item hits (%)	36.2 (±11.1)	33.1 (±9.3)	34.0 (±9.3)	0.61
Overall hits (%)	79.8 (±12.3)	74.8 (±15.3)	77.9 (±15.0)	0.56
Misses (%)	19.3 (±12.1)	23.7 (±15.3)	19.7 (±12.7)	0.51
New items
Correctly rejected (%)	69.3 (±17.8)	67.8 (±15.9)	69.8 (±13.7)	0.91
False alarms (%)	29.6 (±17.6)	31.3 (±15.3)	28.0 (±14.3)	0.77
Reaction times
Old items
Source hits (ms)	1,838 (±537)	1,700 (±483)	1,935 (±557)	0.39
Item hits (ms)	2,000 (±564)	1,849 (±582)	2,140 (±657)	0.34
Misses (ms)	1,782 (±546)	1,614 (±461)	1,723 (±452)	0.56
New items
Correctly rejected (ms)	1,599 (±460)	1,449 (±395)	1,609 (±445)	0.45
False alarms (ms)	2,071 (±584)	1,826 (±610)	2,142 (±702)	0.28

Data are expressed as mean (SD). Memory performance is expressed as percentage of old or new items. Reaction times are reported in milliseconds.

^aOne‐way ANOVA.