Cognitive effort-avoidance in patients with schizophrenia can reflect Amotivation: an event-related potential study

Abstract Background Amotivation is regarded as a core negative symptom in patients with schizophrenia. There are currently no objective methods for assessing and measuring amotivation in the scientific literature, only a trend towards assessing motivation using effort-orientated, decision-making tas...

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Main Authors: Y. X. Lin, Li Jun Zhang, Liang Ying, Qiang Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-02744-4