Why don't you try harder? An investigation of effort production in major depression.

Depression is mainly characterized as an emotional disorder, associated with reduced approach behavior. It remains unclear whether the difficulty in energising behavior relates to abnormal emotional states or to a flattened response to potential rewards, as suggested by several neuroimaging studies....

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Main Authors: Marie-Laure Cléry-Melin, Liane Schmidt, Gilles Lafargue, Nicolas Baup, Philippe Fossati, Mathias Pessiglione
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3154289?pdf=render