The Impact of Decision Making on the Relationship between the Reward Positivity and Depression

Blunted Reward Positivity (RewP), an ERP-component of reward responsiveness, characterizes depressed individuals. Impaired decision-making alters reward response, which has not been examined in depressed populations. Participants with elevated depressive symptoms and response latency on a decision-making task demonstrated enhanced RewP. Additional neurocognitive variables did not moderate the depressive symptom-RewP relationship.