Avolition in schizophrenia is associated with reduced willingness to expend effort for reward on a Progressive Ratio task

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 198-204

  Strauss, Gregory P ^a   Whearty, Kayla M ^a   Morra, Lindsay F ^a   Sullivan, Sara K ^a   Ossenfort, Kathryn L ^a   Frost, Katherine H ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Motivation; Negative symptoms; Psychosis; Reward

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; AVOLITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEVEL OF FUNCTION SCALE; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE RATIO TASK; RATING SCALE; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84949921593     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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