Conduct Disorder Is Associated With Heightened Action Initiation and Reduced Learning From Punishment but Not Reward
These findings provide empirical support for a reduced ability to learn from punishment in CD, while reward learning is typical. Our results also suggest that behaviors that appear superficially to reflect reward learning differences may reflect heightened impulsive action initiation instead. Such asymmetric learning from reward and punishment, with increased action initiation, could have important implications for tailoring learning-based interventions to help individuals with CD.
Authors
- Christina Stadler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-0635)
- Beate Herpertz‐Dahlmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-3323)
- Roberta Dochnal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-5051)
- Arne Popma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2170-3023)
- Inti A. Brazil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5824-0902)
- Gregor Kohls (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2408-2939)
- Tobias U. Hauser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-8137)
- Christine M. Freitag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9676-4782)
- Kerstin Konrad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9039-2615)
- Patricia L. Lockwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-9559)
- Ruth Pauli
- Graeme F. Fairchild (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7814-9938)
- Stéphane A. De Brito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9082-6185)
- Amaia Hervás (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0051-5752)
- Aranzazu Fernández‐Rivas
- Lisa Gistelinck
- Dimitris Dikeos
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- Birmingham City University (GB)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
- University of Basel (CH)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- University of Szeged (HU)
- Hospital de Basurto (ES)
- University Hospital Mútua de Terrassa (ES)
- Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging (GB)
- Mútua Terrassa (ES)
- University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
- Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (DE)
- University College London (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Technische Universität Dresden (DE)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
- KU Leuven (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biological Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.03.005
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
- National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
- Wellcome Trust
- UK Research and Innovation
- Leverhulme Trust
- Royal Society
- European Commission
- Jacobs Foundation
- Medical Research Council
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council