Neurophysiological differences in reward processing in anhedonics

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-115

  Padrão, Gonçalo ^a,b   Mallorquí, Aida ^a,c   Cucurell, David ^a,b   Marco Pallares, Josep ^a,b   Rodriguez Fornells, Antoni ^a,b,d  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^d INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Beta gamma oscillatory activity; Feedback related Negativity; Medial frontal theta oscillatory activity; Motivation; Reward processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REWARD;

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUNISHMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD;

EID: 84873818011     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0119-5     Document Type: Article

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