Negative Symptoms in People With Schizophrenia are Associated With Reduced Long-Term Retention of Reward Information

Motivational impairment and reduced goal-directed behavior are core symptoms of schizophrenia. Previous work has suggested that such symptoms might arise from difficulty using information about previous experiences to facilitate later decision-making and action initiation. In the current submission, we examined whether this difficulty may be linked to poor long-term memory retention of positively valenced reward information in people with...