Apathy symptoms modulate motivational decision making on the Iowa gambling task
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Behavioral and Brain Functions
- Vol. 8 (1) , 63
Abstract
The present study represents an initial attempt to assess the role of apathy in motivated decision making on the Iowa Gambling Task. Clinical descriptions of patients with apathy highlight deficits in the cognitive, emotional and behavioural aspects of goal directed activity, yet standard neurocognitive tests of these measures fail to demonstrate reliable sensitivity to the disorder. Available research suggests the Iowa Gambling Task is a robust test of complex emotional socio-executive processes involved in motivational decision making, which can analogue real-world goal-directed behaviour.Keywords
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