The effect of salience of rewards on effort-based decision making in psychotic disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although motivational negative symptoms account for reduced functioning and quality of life in individuals with psychotic disorders, the underlying mechanisms are yet not fully understood. Neuroimaging studies suggest that an impaired perception of reward cues could result in a lack of incentive value that then leads to a decrease in goal-directed behavior. Therefore, the aim of this study was to test the effect of increasing the salience of reward cues on goal-directed behavior.

Methods

We recruited a sample of n = 30 participants with a psychotic disorder and at least mild negative symptoms and n = 30 healthy controls. We used the Balloon Effort Task, an effort-based decision-making paradigm, to assess amotivation on a behavioral level. We manipulated the salien

SUBMITTER: Renz KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9559256 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature