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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 4 The mean amplitude and latencies of event-related potential components
| Variables1 | MDD (n = 29) | HC (n = 29) | ||||||||||
| Fz | Cz | Pz | Fz | Cz | Pz | |||||||
| Amplitude | Latency | Amplitude | Latency | Amplitude | Latency | Amplitude | Latency | Amplitude | Latency | Amplitude | Latency | |
| N100 | ||||||||||||
| 500 | -4.4 (3.1) | 71.6 (14.3) | -2.5 (3.0) | 61.4 (14.9) | -0.2 (2.5) | 57.2 (22.9) | -5.3 (2.5) | 73.7 (13.4) | -3.2 (2.0) | 65.2 (14.8) | -0.6 (1.6) | 55.2 (14.6) |
| 1000 | -4.5 (3.1) | 70.6 (12.2) | -2.5 (2.8) | 61.5 (13.8) | -0.2 (2.0) | 58.9 (22.2) | -5.2 (2.5) | 76.1 (16.5) | -3.1 (2.1) | 64.7 (15.2) | -0.1 (2.3) | 56.4 (20.5) |
| 1500 | -4.6 (2.9) | 73.1 (14.5) | -2.6 (2.8) | 62.9 (15.3) | -0.1 (2.3) | 57.4 (19.5) | -5.2 (2.7) | 74.3 (14.2) | -3.1 (2.3) | 66.3 (15.7) | -0.5 (1.9) | 57.7 (21.0) |
| P200 | ||||||||||||
| 500 | -4.4 (5.9) | 178.6 (40.7) | -0.9 (4.9) | 181.3 (41.7) | 1.9 (4.0) | 199.9 (47.2) | -4.0 (4.5) | 173.0 (35.7) | -0.5 (3.5) | 176.8 (37.0) | 1.3 (2.7) | 190.3 (45.9) |
| 1000 | -4.6 (6.1) | 177.7 (41.8) | -1.1 (4.8) | 179.0 (41.5) | 1.7 (3.7) | 204.5 (46.5) | -3.3 (4.6) | 171.7 (32.5) | -0.2 (3.7) | 178.0 (37.2) | 1.6 (3.0) | 186.7 (44.3) |
| 1500 | -4.5 (5.2) | 178.3 (41.3) | -1.0 (4.5) | 177.4 (38.9) | 1.9 (3.7) | 200.2 (46.3) | -3.5 (4.4) | 177.7 (38.5) | 0.1 (3.7) | 186.7 (42.7) | 1.7 (3.0) | 192.3 (45.5) |
| P300 | ||||||||||||
| 500 | -7.1 (9.5) | 278.8 (40.5) | -3.3 (6.3) | 276.1 (42.4) | 1.3 (4.7) | 291.2 (51.4) | -9.6 (9.3) | 274.6 (44.1) | -3.6 (6.2) | 293.0 (57.4) | 0.9 (4.9) | 311.0 (59.0) |
| 1000 | -7.0 (9.4) | 270.8 (34.2) | -3.3 (6.3) | 282.6 (49.7) | 1.3 (4.6) | 295.5 (51.3) | -9.2 (9.7) | 271.5 (42.3) | -3.5 (6.3) | 293.0 (57.6) | 1.0 (5.0) | 302.6 (60.5) |
| 1500 | -7.3 (9.1) | 277.2 (41.5) | -3.5 (6.2) | 275.0 (43.5) | 1.2 (4.6) | 285.2 (47.6) | -9.6 (10.1) | 265.4 (28.8) | -3.3 (6.5) | 284.1 (54.1) | 1.0 (5.0) | 304.3 (54.7) |
| LPP | ||||||||||||
| 500 | -9.3 (10.6) | 435.8 (64.3) | -5.2 (6.6) | 410.3 (52.9) | -0.3 (4.7) | 405.1 (46.8) | -13.7 (11.5) | 407.3 (56.5) | -5.8 (7.6) | 419.8 (60.8) | -0.1 (5.8) | 411.1 (53.3) |
| 1000 | -9.6 (10.8) | 425.3 (60.6) | -5.3 (7.0) | 412.8 (54.2) | -0.2 (4.9) | 413.5 (53.2) | -14.0 (12.7) | 413.6 (63.0) | -6.0 (8.0) | 422.6 (57.3) | -0.3 (6.2) | 423.4 (59.6) |
| 1500 | -9.5 (10.1) | 423.0 (63.3) | -5.3 (6.8) | 410.3 (55.2) | -0.2 (4.8) | 409.2 (50.6) | -14.2 (11.8) | 407.7 (58.1) | -5.7 (7.5) | 425.8 (62.5) | -0.1 (5.4) | 424.2 (61.8) |
| N100 | ||||||||||||
| Angry | -2.8 (2.6) | 70.1 (16.3) | -1.7 (2.2) | 61.9 (15.2) | 0.1 (1.7) | 59.0 (22.1) | -3.1 (2.2) | 71.9 (14.8) | -2.0 (1.6) | 63.2 (16.3) | -0.5 (1.3) | 58.1 (20.1) |
| Happy | 0.7 (2.7) | 75.9 (24.0) | -0.5 (1.9) | 66.6 (20.3) | 0.3 (1.5) | 65.4 (28.1) | -0.9 (2.5) | 71.7 (21.6) | -0.9 (1.6) | 66.3 (22.9) | -0.3 (1.2) | 69.8 (30.7) |
| Neutral | -1.0 (2.4) | 74.1 (23.7) | -1.0 (1.6) | 72.8 (25.8) | -0.1 (1.2) | 65.0 (28.1) | -1.0 (2.4) | 68.7 (20.2) | -1.0 (1.4) | 66.9 (23.2) | -0.6 (1.2) | 65.9 (29.0) |
| P200 | ||||||||||||
| Angry | -1.9 (3.4) | 179.1 (40.8) | 0.2 (3.2) | 185.0 (40.8) | 2.0 (2.7) | 214.0 (42.7) | -1.1 (2.6) | 177.3 (34.6) | 0.8 (2.3) | 188.9 (40.3) | 1.6 (1.9) | 204.3 (42.4) |
| Happy | 2.1 (3.2) | 192.8 (27.1) | 2.5 (2.9) | 200.5 (32.4) | 3.6 (2.4) | 224.3 (30.0) | 2.5 (3.6) | 192.2 (23.2) | 2.8 (2.7) | 196.6 (23.0) | 2.7 (2.0) | 225.3 (27.3) |
| Neutral | 1.8 (3.1) | 194.7 (28.0) | 2.0 (2.9) | 196.9 (29.7) | 3.2 (2.3) | 222.0 (29.5) | 2.3 (3.7) | 194.6 (24.7) | 2.4 (2.6) | 201.3 (26.1) | 2.3 (2.0) | 221.7 (28.3) |
| P300 | ||||||||||||
| Angry | -3.7 (5.6) | 274.1 (39.7) | -1.5 (4.1) | 279.9 (47.2) | 1.9 (3.1) | 289.3 (49.3) | -5.2 (5.8) | 276.6 (44.6) | -1.3 (4.0) | 294.8 (58.5) | 1.6 (3.4) | 308.5 (58.6) |
| Happy | 0.7 (4.1) | 290.1 (57.9) | 1.3 (3.9) | 295.9 (62.3) | 4.0 (2.7) | 319.5 (61.6) | 0.2 (3.7) | 289.4 (50.6) | 1.7 (3.2) | 306.4 (58.3) | 3.8 (3.5) | 317.6 (51.2) |
| Neutral | 0.4 (3.6) | 292.5 (56.9) | 1.0 (3.6) | 301.2 (60.9) | 3.9 (2.5) | 324.9 (56.6) | -0.2 (3.7) | 297.2 (59.9) | 1.5 (3.1) | 311.0 (63.1) | 3.6 (3.0) | 337.7 (51.8) |
| LPP | ||||||||||||
| Angry | -5.3 (6.8) | 423.0 (63.6) | -2.9 (4.6) | 410.7 (56.2) | 0.7 (3.3) | 411.1 (57.3) | -8.6 (7.7) | 404.4 (57.0) | -3.1 (5.2) | 413.9 (59.8) | 0.7 (4.0) | 405.6 (54.6) |
| Happy | -0.1 (5.0) | 440.7 (68.1) | 0.7 (4.4) | 445.3 (67.0) | 3.1 (2.9) | 416.9 (59.8) | -2.2 (4.5) | 410.9 (60.9) | 0.5 (3.4) | 426.6 (71.0) | 2.8 (3.2) | 416.2 (66.5) |
| Neutral | 0.0 (4.1) | 450.3 (66.4) | 0.7 (4.1) | 441.8 (64.4) | 3.3 (2.9) | 424.7 (61.2) | -2.2 (4.3) | 401.1 (49.8) | 0.7 (3.7) | 424.9 (66.6) | 3.0 (3.4) | 405.3 (52.0) |
- 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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