Anhedonia and anxiety underlying depressive symptomatology have distinct effects on reward-based decision-making.

Depressive pathology, which includes both heightened negative affect (e.g., anxiety) and reduced positive affect (e.g., anhedonia), is known to be associated with sub-optimal decision-making, particularly in uncertain environments. Here, we use a computational approach to quantify and disambiguate h...

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Main Authors: Katia M Harlé, Dalin Guo, Shunan Zhang, Martin P Paulus, Angela J Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5653291?pdf=render