Psychiatry: Insight into Depression through normative decision making models

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Quentin Huys Joshua Vogelstein Peter Dayan

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Do speci c aspects of depression have speci c impacts on decisions?
anhedonia low reward sensitivity helplessness belief that actions are unreliable

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Yes: behavioural data
expressed anhedonia vs. behavioral reward sensitivity expressed helplessness vs behavioral belief that actions are reliable

linear relation

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linear relation

Depression: a leading cause of illness across the world

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