Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 179-183 , 30 June 2005

Probing reward function in post-traumatic stress disorder with beautiful facial images

  • Igor Elman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street Belmont, MA 02478, USA. Tel.: +1 617 855 3692; fax: +1 617 855 3711.
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  • Dan Ariely

      Affiliations

    • Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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  • Nina Mazar

      Affiliations

    • Program in Media Arts and Sciences and Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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  • Itzhak Aharon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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  • Natasha B. Lasko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Manchester, NH 03104, USA
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  • Michael L. Macklin

      Affiliations

    • Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Manchester, NH 03104, USA
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  • Scott P. Orr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
    • Research Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Manchester, NH 03104, USA
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  • Scott E. Lukas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
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  • Roger K. Pitman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA

Received 1 September 2004 ,Revised 26 April 2005 ,Accepted 27 April 2005.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00117-4

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.04.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 3 , Pages 179-183 , 30 June 2005

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