Association between cognitive function and performance on effort based decision making in patients with major depressive disorder treated with Vortioxetine

It is well established that deficits in motivation, reward, and cognition are common during and in between syndromal episodes of depression as part of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Informed by evidence indicating functional and structural interconnectivity between cognitive and reward brain circuits, we preliminarily evaluate the association between measures of cognitive performance and reward/motivation. This is a post-hoc analysis of a...