Researchers Confirm Those With Depression Experience “Fuzzy Thinking”

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Lightpoet via Shutterstock. Depression can interfere with our capacity to make quick and accurate decisions.

When you're depressed, it is easy to doubt your abilities. So self-reporting “fuzzy thinking” during bouts of depression is treated with suspicion. However, a new study suggests the description is accurate, concentration and decision making really are affected by mood disorders.

University of Michigan researchers tested the idea of fuzzy thinking in two ways, publishing their findings in Brain.