Findings Suggest Reward Motivation Adaptation Deficits May Be Specific to Co-Occurring Subclinical Depression and Anhedonia
Reward motivation refers to the extent to which a person is willing to exert effort in order to obtain rewards. In everyday life, reward motivation is not fixed at some levels. Instead, it changes flexibly depending on the effort-reward ratio in a given context. For example, when the situation is favorable, people are usually more willing to invest effort, and vice versa. This ability to flexibly adjust motivation according to changing contexts is known as reward motivation adaptation. Depres...
2026-07-01
