Elevated decision uncertainty and reduced avoidance drives in depression, anxiety and substance use disorders during approach–avoidance conflict: a replication study
Ryan Smith; Claire A. Lavalley; S Taylor; Jennifer L. Stewart; Sahib S. Khalsa; Hannah Berg; Maria Ironside; Martin P. Paulus · 2023 · Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
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Abstract (excerpt)
BACKGROUND: Decision-making under approach-avoidance conflict (AAC; e.g., sacrificing quality of life to avoid feared outcomes) may be affected in multiple psychiatric disorders. Recently, we used a computational (active inference) model…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1503/jpn.220226