The term anhedonia has long been used in the psychiatric literature to describe reward-
processing dysfunction in psychopathology, especially depression and schizophrenia …

Anhedonia, a lack of pleasure in things an individual once enjoyed, and rumination, the
process of perseverative and repetitive attention to specific thoughts, are hallmark features …

Anhedonia is a core feature of major depressive disorder (MDD), but the precise nature of
anhedonic symptoms is unknown. Whereas anhedonia has traditionally been viewed as a …

Preclinical studies suggest that stress exerts depressogenic effects by impairing hedonic
capacity; in humans, however, the precise mechanisms linking stress and depression are …

Anhedonia is associated with reward-processing deficits of the dopamine system, which
may increase the risk of depression. Nevertheless, few previous studies have examined the …

Importance Anhedonia, a reduced capacity for pleasure, is described for many psychiatric
and neurologic conditions. However, a decade after the Research Domain Criteria launch …

The present study evaluated and compared the psychometric properties of three self‐report
scales: the Snaith‐Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS; RP Snaith, M. Hamilton, S. Morley, & …

Anhedonia, the loss of pleasure or interest in previously rewarding stimuli, is a core feature
of major depression. While theorists have argued that anhedonia reflects a reduced capacity …

Abstract Background Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability
worldwide. The cardinal features of MDD are depressed mood and anhedonia. Anhedonia …

Highlights•Dysfunctional reward processing is central to the pathophysiology of depression.•
Behavioral impairments in depression vary across reward sub-processes.•A distributed …