Worth the 'EEfRT'? The effort expenditure for rewards task as an objective measure of motivation and anhedonia.
BACKGROUND:Of the putative psychopathological endophenotypes in major depressive disorder (MDD), the anhedonic subtype is particularly well supported. Anhedonia is generally assumed to reflect aberrant motivation and reward responsivity. However, research has been limited by a lack of objective meas...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-08-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2720457?pdf=render |