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Depression: A Decision-Theoretic Analysis

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Huys, Quentin J.M., Daw, Nathaniel D., Dayan, Peter·2015·Annual Review of Neuroscience

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The manifold symptoms of depression are common and often transient features of healthy life that are likely to be adaptive in difficult circumstances. It is when these symptoms enter a seemingly self-propelling spiral that the maladaptive features of a disorder emerge. We examine this malignant transformation from the perspective of the computational neuroscience of decision making, investigating how dysfunction of the brain's mechanisms of evaluation might lie at its heart. We start by considering the behavioral implications of pessimistic evaluations of decision variables. We then provide a selective review of work suggesting how such pessimism might arise via specific failures of the mechanisms of evaluation or state estimation. Finally, we analyze ways that miscalibration between the subject and environment may be self-perpetuating. We employ the formal framework of Bayesian decision theory as a foundation for this study, showing how most of the problems arise from one of its broad algorithmic facets, namely model-based reasoning.

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Authors
Huys, Q. J. M., Daw, N. D., & Dayan, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Zurich (CH)
  • New York University (US)
  • Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit (GB)
Venue
Annual Review of Neuroscience
Published
2015-07-08
Volume
38
Issue
1
Pages
1-23
ISSN
  • 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4126
OpenAlex
W2164531443
Cited by
221
References
165
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust (091593)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
depression, decision-making, Bayesian decision theory, model-based reasoning, pessimism, state estimation, computational psychiatry, adaptive behavior
MeSH terms
Bayes Theorem, Decision Making, Decision Theory, Depression, Humans

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