PROJECT SUMMARY Depression is a chronic and debilitating mental illness. Anhedonia, one of the two core symptoms of major depression, is particularly difficult to
treat. Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression that is associated with a variety of cognitive deficits, including deficits in reward learning and decision-making. The neural mechanisms underlying anhedonia are not well understood. The goal of this project is to identify the neural mechanisms underlying anhedonia in depression. The proposed research