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. 2024 Feb;13(1):145-148.
doi: 10.1002/pchj.691. Epub 2023 Oct 31.

Social and non-social reward processing in subclinical depression

Yu Chen  1 , Yi-Hang Huang  2   3 , Ling-Ling Wang  2   3 , Hui-Xin Hu  2   3 , Min-Yi Chu  1 , Simon S Y Lui  4 , Raymond C K Chan  1   2   3   4
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Social and non-social reward processing in subclinical depression

Yu Chen et al. Psych J. 2024 Feb.

Abstract

This study applied two incentive delay tasks involving social and non-social incentive types to 76 pairs of participants with high and low depressive symptoms. The results suggest that higher levels of depressive symptoms are correlated with abnormalities in social and non-social reward processing even in the healthy populations.

Keywords: depressive symptoms; reward; social reward.

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The authors declare there are no conflicts of interest.

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