The bright side of being blue: depression as an adaptation for analyzing complex problems.

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Published in Psychol Rev on July 01, 2009

Authors

Paul W Andrews1, J Anderson Thomson

Author Affiliations

1: Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0126, USA. pandrews@vcu.edu

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