Inefficient effort allocation and negative symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia
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Inefficient effort allocation and negative symptoms in individuals with schizophrenia.
Negative symptoms like avolition and anhedonia are thought to involve difficulties with reward processing and motivation. The current study aimed to replicate and extend prior findings that individuals with schizophrenia display reduced willingness to expend effort for rewards and that such reduced effort is associated with negative symptoms, poor functioning, and cognitive impairment. The pres...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Research
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0920-9964
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.12.017