Motivation deficits in individuals with social anhedonia
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Patients with schizophrenia have been reported to exhibit anhedonia, a reduced hedonic capacity and deficits in motivation for reward pursuit. However, it is unclear whether these deficits also exist in at-risk individuals prone to psychosis or not. The present study compared 26 individuals with social anhedonia and 28 healthy controls using a grip Effort-based Pleasure Experience Task (E-PET). The findings showed that individuals with social anhedonia did not increase their hard task choices with the elevation of reward magnitude and probability while healthy controls did. Higher reward probability and magnitude did not lead to more anticipatory pleasure in individuals with social anhedonia. The mean anticipatory pleasure experience ratings in individuals with social anhedonia were significantly lower than controls. Our results suggest that individuals with social anhedonia already exhibit motivational deficits during reward pursuit.
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- Authors
- Wang, J., Huang, J., Lui, S. S. Y., Cheung, E. F. C., Yue, X.-D., & Chan, R. C. K.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Castle Peak Hospital (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Huang, Jia
- Venue
- Psychiatry Research
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-03
- Volume
- 261
- Pages
- 527-534
- ISSN
- 0165-1781 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2792928076
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2
- FWCI
- 0.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychiatry Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Repository of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Basic Research Program of China (2016YFC0906402)
- Beijing Training Project for Leading Talents in S&T (Z151100000315020)
- Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Z161100000216138)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81571317, 31100747)
- CAS Key Laboratory of Mental Health of the Institute of Psychology
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Keywords
- social anhedonia, motivational deficits, anhedonia, effort-based decision making, anticipatory pleasure, psychosis risk, schizophrenia
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Choice Behavior, Female, Humans, Male, Motivation, Reward, Young Adult, Pleasure, Anhedonia
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