Early life adversities are associated with lower expected value signaling in the adult brain

Early adverse experiences are assumed to affect fundamental processes of reward learning and decision-making. However, computational neuroimaging studies investigating these circuits in the context of adversity are sparse and limited to studies conducted in adolescent samples, leaving the long-term effects unexplored.

Source: Biological Psychiatry - April 16, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Seda Sacu, Magda Dubois, Frank H. Hezemans, Pascal-M. Aggensteiner, Maximilian Monninger, Daniel Brandeis, Tobias Banaschewski, Tobias U. Hauser, Nathalie E. Holz Tags: Archival Report Source Type: research