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. 2020 Feb 10;143(2):701–710. doi: 10.1093/brain/awaa002

Table 2.

Linear mixed effect models showing the moderating effects of striatal prediction error signals on symptom improvement across the 6 weeks of treatment

Model term a Coefficient SE Z P
Model 1: Ventral striatal gain prediction error predicts change in global illness severity
Week −0.26 0.04 −6.59 <0.001
Ventral striatal gain prediction error 0.34 0.12 2.96 0.003
Week × Ventral striatal gain prediction error −0.08 0.03 −2.87 0.004
Model 2: Ventral striatal loss prediction error predicts change in anhedonia
Baseline SHAPS 0.82 0.17 4.79 <0.001
Week −0.77 0.31 −2.50 0.012
Ventral striatal loss prediction error −1.52 0.91 −1.67 0.095
Week × Ventral striatal loss prediction error 0.61 0.21 2.91 0.004
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The CGI-Change Scale measures changes in global illness severity and was therefore first administered after 1 week of treatment. Accordingly, models do not include a baseline CGI score term.