Learning in Generalized Anxiety Disorder Benefits From Neither the Carrot Nor the Stick

Am J Psychiatry. 2017 Feb 1;174(2):87-88. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16111267.

Authors

Amit Etkin¹, Gregory A Fonzo¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Stanford Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.; and the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and the Sierra Pacific Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Palo Alto, Calif.

PMID: 28142268
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16111267

No abstract available

Keywords: Anxiety Disorder-Generalized; Brain Imaging Techniques; Cognitive Neuroscience; Learning; Prediction Error; Reward.

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MeSH terms

Anxiety Disorders
Daucus carota*
Humans
Learning*
Reward