Anhedonia is one of the core symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), which is often
inadequately treated by traditional antidepressants. The modern framework of anhedonia …

Despite being considered primarily a mood disorder, major depressive disorder (MDD) is
characterized by cognitive and decision making deficits. Recent research has employed …

Progress in understanding the underlying neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder
(OCD) has stalled in part because of the considerable problem of heterogeneity within this …

Schizophrenia (SZ) has long been associated with a variety of cognitive deficits, including
reduced cognitive flexibility. More recent findings, however, point to tremendous inter …

Subjective well-being or happiness is often associated with wealth. Recent studies suggest
that momentary happiness is associated with reward prediction error, the difference between …

Currently, the diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) and its subtypes is mainly
based on subjective assessments and self-reported measures. However, objective criteria …

Humans frequently engage in intrinsically rewarding activities (for example, consuming art,
reading). Despite such activities seeming diverse, we show that sensitivity to intrinsic …

Depression rates surge in adolescence, particularly among females. Recent findings
suggest that depressed adolescents are characterized by hypersensitivity to negative …

Performance-monitoring event-related brain potentials (ERPs), such as the error-related
negativity (ERN) and reward positivity (RewP), are advocated as biomarkers of depression …

Recent research in cognitive neuroscience has begun to uncover the processes underlying
increasingly complex voluntary behaviours, including learning and decision-making. Partly …