Table 2:

Social Reward fMRI Contrast Categories

Study	Group Contrast	Type of Task	Task Contrast	Reason for Exclusion from ALE Analysis
Davey et al., 2011	MDD vs. HC; Young Adults	Passive; Acceptance or rejection of high vs. low rated faces, ambiguous feedback control condition	Positive Faces vs. Control Faces
			All Faces vs. Fixation
Frey & McCabe, 2020a	MDD; High Depression vs. Low Depression	Performance; Social learning of association between names & valenced faces	Social Reward
			Social Aversion vs. Neutral Faces
Frey & McCabe, 2020b	Serotonin vs. Dopamine Depletion vs. Placebo	Performance; Social learning of association between names & valenced faces	Social Reward Prediction	Findings account for neurotransmitter depletion status.
			Social Aversion Prediction
			Social Reward vs. Social Aversion
			Fearful Faces vs. Neutral Faces
Greening et al., 2013	MDD vs. HC	Performance; Facial emotion recognition, displayed with valenced distractor cues	Happy Face Target & Neutral Distractor
			Fearful Face Target & Neutral Distractor
			Neutral Target & Happy Distractor
			Neutral Target & Fearful Distractor
He et al., 2019	Subclinical MDD vs. HC	Performance; Monetary Incentive Delay Task with social evaluation manipulation	Response: Happy vs. Control
			Response: Sad vs. Control
			Anticipation: Sad vs. Control
He et al., 2022	Subclinical MDD vs. HC	Performance; Social judgement, likelihood of acceptance followed by acceptance or rejection	“Yes” anticipation followed by Acceptance
			“Yes” anticipation followed by Rejection
			“No” anticipation followed by Acceptance
			“No” anticipation followed by Rejection
Healey et al., 2014	MDD & Anxiety & HC; Late Adolescents	Passive; Social judgement, acceptance or rejection of high vs. low rated faces, ambiguous feedback control condition	Mutual Liking vs. Received Liking
			Positive Feedback vs. Ambiguous Feedback
Keedwell et al., 2005	MDD vs. HC		Happy Mood Condition
		Passive; Mood induction via audio recording, mood-congruent facial display	Sad Mood Condition
			Happy vs. Sad Mood Condition
Kumar et al., 2015	MDD vs. HC	Performance; Monetary Incentive Delay Task with social evaluation manipulation	Response to Reward; Stress vs. No Stress Condition
Laurent & Albow, 2013	MDD vs. HC; Mothers	Passive; Viewing valenced faces of own vs. other infant	Distressed Faces; Own vs. Other Infant
Morgan et al., 2015	MDD; Mothers	Passive; Viewing video recordings of own vs. other child, positive vs. negative recordings	Positive Faces; Own Child vs. Stranger
			Negative Faces; Own Child vs. Stranger
Morgan et al., 2019	MDD; High Risk vs. Low Risk; Children	Passive; Viewing valenced faces of own vs. other mother	Happy Faces; High Risk vs. Low Risk	Findings account for depression risk status.
Murrough et al., 2015	MDD vs. HC	Performance; Facial emotion recognition task	All conditions
Nagy et al., 2021	MDD + Childhood Maltreatment; MDD; HC	Performance; Facial recognition paradigm, match valenced test faces to central target face, shape matching control condition	Face-matching vs. Shape-matching
Penton-Voak et al., 2020	Sub-Clinical MDD; Intervention vs. No Intervention	Performance; Sex discrimination of valenced faces	Happy Faces vs. Sad Faces	Control: fixation / rest instead of neutral stimulus condition.
			Happy Faces vs. Fearful + Sad Faces
			Happy Faces vs. Rest
Perini et al., 2019	NSSI vs. HC; Adolescents	Performance; Facial emotion recognition of self vs. other, acceptance & rejection in other condition	Anticipation: Self vs. Other
			Response: Self vs. Other
Quevedo et al., 2018	MDD vs. HC; Adolescents	Performance; Emotional Self-Other Morph-Query (ESOM-Q) Task	Self vs. Other
Schaefer et al., 2006	MDD vs. HC	Passive; Social situation viewing, social interaction and facial stimuli, appetitive control condition	Group * Scan Time * Stimulus Condition	Findings account for scan time (pre- vs. post-tx).
Schwartz et al., 2019	MDD + Anxiety; Adolescents	Performance; Probe response task with probe displayed with valenced or neutral faces	Treatment Main Effect	Findings account for effect of treatment (behavioral therapy).
			Treatment Main Effect * Face Emotion * Probe Location
Seitz et al., 2023	Mixed Sample: MDD, PTSD, Somatic Sensory Disorder, HC	Performance; Social Incentive Delay Task	Social Reward Anticipation vs. Neutral Cue
Sharma et al., 2016	MDD vs. BPD vs. HC	Performance; Sex discrimination followed by valenced facial feedback	Happy Face vs. Angry Face
			Happy Face vs. Angry Face * Group * Depression Severity
Silk et al., 2014	MDD vs. HC; Adolescents	Performance; Chatroom task, social acceptance & rejection	Acceptance > Rejection
Silk et al., 2017	MDD vs. HC; Adolescents	Passive; Listening to audio clips of maternal praise or criticism	Criticism vs. Neutral
			Praise vs. Neutral
Whittle et al., 2012	MDD; Adolescents	Passive; Viewing video clips of positive, aggressive, and neutral behavior, own vs. other mother	Positive vs. Neutral Behavior
			Aggressive vs. Neutral Behavior
Wonch et al., 2016	Postpartum Depression vs. HC	Passive; Viewing valenced faces of own vs. other infant	Familiar Face vs. Unfamiliar Face
			Unfamiliar Face
			Non-Infant Stimuli
			All Conditions
Yttredahl et al., 2018	MDD vs. HC	Passive; Viewed highly rated “dating profiles” in scanner, followed by acceptance or rejection	Rejection vs. Neutral
			Acceptance vs. Neutral

Note: ALE = Activation Likelihood Estimate; BPD = Bipolar Major Depressive Disorder; HC = Healthy Control; MDD = Major Depression Disorder; NSSI = non-suicidal self injury