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World J Psychiatry. Dec 19, 2025; 15(12): 111513
Published online Dec 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i12.111513
Published online Dec 19, 2025. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v15.i12.111513
Table 2 Behavioral results, accuracy and reaction times, mean ± SD
| Dual task | Task 2 expression | SOA | MDD | HC |
| Task 2 RTs1 | Angry | 500 | 1160 (250) | 1020 (254) |
| Angry | 1000 | 1073 (227) | 934 (212) | |
| Angry | 1500 | 1037 (242) | 905 (182) | |
| Happy | 500 | 1054 (238) | 973 (229) | |
| Happy | 1000 | 938 (196) | 889 (196) | |
| Happy | 1500 | 909 (174) | 852 (196) | |
| Neutral | 500 | 1111 (220) | 1018 (179) | |
| Neutral | 1000 | 993 (158) | 948 (177) | |
| Neutral | 1500 | 962 (144) | 936 (194) | |
| Task 2 accuracy (%)2 | Angry | 500 | 80.3 (12.2) | 88.1 (10.0) |
| Angry | 1000 | 81.3 (11.7) | 88.1 (11.7) | |
| Angry | 1500 | 81.6 (12.9) | 89.2 (10.6) | |
| Happy | 500 | 91.2 (7.3) | 92.1 (7.7) | |
| Happy | 1000 | 89.8 (6.9) | 90.9 (8.8) | |
| Happy | 1500 | 89.0 (8.2) | 92.8 (10.2) | |
| Neutral | 500 | 87.3 (8.2) | 92.8 (8.0) | |
| Neutral | 1000 | 88.3 (8.7) | 93.3 (6.7) | |
| Neutral | 1500 | 88.8 (6.4) | 93.0 (6.5) |
- Citation: Wu YW, Wang XY, Sun YF, Wu LA, Li W, Li Y, Gao XZ, Liu XH, Zhou ZH, Zhou HL. Neural correlates of attentional switching dysfunction in major depressive disorder: Evidence from an event-related potential study with a dual-task paradigm. World J Psychiatry 2025; 15(12): 111513
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v15.i12.111513