Effort, anhedonia, and function in schizophrenia: reduced effort allocation predicts amotivation and functional impairment.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Abnormal Psychology

• Publication date

  2014-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/a0036299PMID 24886012PMCID PMC4048870
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