A comparison in memory recognition among depressed with healthy individuals in students of Tehran.

Attention and memory are effected by mood state so present study, the objective was to compare the style of recognition memory in depressed individuals to healthy participants. 200 female students were selected by cluster sampling method among the high school students in Tehran. All of participants filled out the Beck depression inventory (BDI)(1978).Ultimately 60 participants were selected for experiment in 2 group inclouding 30 participants with BDI total score more than 18, 30 participants with BDI< 10. Data analysis by descriptive and information statistic by t-test method. revealed that there is significant difference among depressed in comparsion with healthy students. General conclusion is that depressed people have recognition bias about affective words.