Information processing in anxiety and depression

Performance on explicit and implicit memory tasks was compared among non-clinical participants (N = 47) who reported low anxiety and low depression, high anxiety and low depression, or high anxiety and high depression. No differences were found among the groups in explicit memory. Differences in our measure of implicit memory were attributable to higher anxiety, regardless of depression. Increased implicit memory was specific to personally relevant information. The study highlights the need for further exploration of information processing in mixed anxiety and depression.