That doesn't mean people with clinical anxiety and depression are doomed to a life of bad decisions, Bishop said. Conversely, non-anxious study participants quickly adjusted to the changing patterns in the task. In a laboratory setting, study participants played a game on a computer screen in which they repeatedly chose between two shapes—a circle and a square. Participants with high levels of symptoms common to depression and anxiety had trouble keeping pace with these changes. "People with anxiety and depression, on the other hand, are less able to adapt to these changes.

Source: Mint December 25, 2020 05:26 UTC