neuroimaging

Depression doesn’t just affect the way people feel, it also affects the way people think. Specifically, a lot of people with depression notice that their memory might have become worse: they may have difficulty studying for school exams, misplace their things, or forgetting what they needed from the store. Many studies have looked into why this might be, looking particularly at the structure of our brain’s memory center, but not its function. The researchers of the current study were wondering if changes in the brain structure (size) and function (activity) were related to differences in memory among people with treatment-resistant depression, when compared to those without.