Extrapolating from the Network's Behavior

Now that the neural network model has been shown to mimic some aspects of affective information processing in depression, it is useful to consider how other ways the network behaves might relate to theoretical conceptions of depression. Specifically, what it might mean to ``heal'' the ``depressed'' network, and factors which make the network vulnerable or resiliant to acquiring negative information processing biases will be addressed. As this section is perhaps the most speculative part of the thesis, the reader's indulgence in anthropomorphic termonology is requested.