The effects of stress on reward responsiveness: a systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis of the event-related potential literature.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to stressful events is associated with a range of negative physical and mental health outcomes, including depression. It is critical to understand the mechanisms through which stress impacts mental health to identify promising targets for prevention and intervention efforts. Low-reward responsiveness is thought to be a mechanism of effects of stress on negative health outcomes and can be reliably measured at the neurophysiological level by using event-related potentials (ERPs), such as the reward positivity (RewP) component. The goal of this systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis was to examine evidence of associations between stress and alterations in reward responsiveness measured using ERPs. Through a systematic review of the literature, 23 studies examining the effect

SUBMITTER: Pegg S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10872339 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature