Major Depression Impairs the Use of Reward Values for Decision-Making

Abstract Depression is a debilitating condition with a high prevalence. Depressed patients have been shown to be diminished in their ability to integrate their reinforcement history to adjust future behaviour during instrumental reward learning tasks. Here, we tested whether such impairments could a...

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Main Authors: Samuel Rupprechter, Aistis Stankevicius, Quentin J. M. Huys, J. Douglas Steele, Peggy Seriès
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31730-w