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Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Cognitive Neuroscience PLoS ONE

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Reward-related self-agency is disturbed in depression and anxiety

Marishka Mehta, Soojung Na, Xiaosi Gu, James W. Murrough, Laurel Morris
PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2023 5 citations

Researchers tested a new task that measures how people feel they caused rewards or losses. They studied 52 healthy adults and 20 adults with depression or anxiety in person, and 254 people online. Healthy people felt more personal control after wins than after losses. People with depression or anxiety showed…

Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
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