Neural correlates of stereotype processing in major depressive disorder: An event-related potential study

Table 1 Example sentences used in the experiment

	Sentence
Female bias	He/she change clothes into different styles every day
	His/her favorite toy is a Barbie doll
	He/she accidentally hit a tree while driving
	He/she cried with grievance after being criticized by the boss
	He/she spent half a day shopping at the mall
Male bias	He/she smoke alone at the end of the hospital corridor
	He/she played basketball with friends for a whole afternoon on the weekend
	He/she kicked over the trash can by the roadside when angry
	He/she drunk outside until late at night before going home
	He/she played video games with friends at home in the evening
Gender-neutral	He/she speak two languages
	He/she live near the school
	He/she commute by bus
	He/she passed the Mandarin proficiency test
	His/her home is 30 kilometers away from the city center

Table 2 Demographic characteristics and clinical information of participants, mean ± SD/median (interquartile rage)

Variable	MDD (n = 28)	HCs (n = 28)	Test statistic
Age (years)	33.86 ± 7.895	33.06 ± 6.232	t = -0.377, P = 0.708
Sex (male/female)	14/14	14/14	χ2 = 1.000, P = 1.000
Education (years)	14 (9-15.5)	15 (12-15)	U = 355.0, P = 0.088
Course of disease (month)	45.43 ± 28.833
HDRS-24	29.79 ± 7.156
HAMA	10.61 ± 5.301
Medicine (S/E/M/P/V/F)	8/7/5/2/3/3

HDRS-24: Hamilton Depression Scale 24-item version; HAMA: Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; S: Sertraline; E: Escitalopram oxalate; M: Mirtazapine; P: Paroxetine; V: Venlafaxine; F: Fluoxetine; MDD: Major depressive disorder; HCs: Healthy controls.