Associations between aversive learning processes and transdiagnostic psychiatric symptoms in a general population sample

Many psychiatric symptoms are linked to perceptions of danger, particularly when it is uncertain. Here, the authors show that a range of psychiatric symptoms are associated with the way people learn from safe and dangerous outcomes in the context of uncertainty.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Toby Wise, Raymond J. Dolan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17977-w
Description
Summary:Many psychiatric symptoms are linked to perceptions of danger, particularly when it is uncertain. Here, the authors show that a range of psychiatric symptoms are associated with the way people learn from safe and dangerous outcomes in the context of uncertainty.
ISSN:2041-1723