Understanding approach-avoidance motivation in neuropsychiatric conditions
Official title: Assessment of approach-avoidance motivation in neuropsychiatric disorders
Funded at Georgia State University · NIH-11362172 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A patient-friendly look at a project that tests simple behavior tasks to help understand anxiety, depression, and related conditions better.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Georgia State University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Atlanta, United States) |
| Project start | September 1, 2022 |
| Project end | June 30, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $557,156 |
| NIH project number | 5R01MH130663-05 |
| Project ID | NIH-11362172 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Adults with anxiety, depression, psychosis, or related neuropsychiatric conditions who can complete behavioral tasks and provide informed consent.
✕Less likely to help
Healthy individuals or patients unable to complete behavioral tasks or provide consent may not benefit from this research.
What this research studies
This project aims to develop and test easy tasks that measure how people move toward rewards and away from threats, especially in anxiety and mood disorders. Researchers will check that these tasks give consistent results over time and that they relate to real-world symptoms. The work builds on prior findings to create a widely usable task that could help identify how different conditions overlap or differ in driving approach and avoidance behaviors. The goal is to provide a practical tool that clinicians and researchers can use to better understand and monitor psychosocial dysfunction.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the task could become a simple, reliable measure to help diagnose and track treatment response for anxiety, depression, and related conditions.
How similar studies have gone: Prior work supports the development of behavioral tasks for measuring emotion and motivation, with potential for broad dissemination if reliability and validity are demonstrated.
Where this research is happening
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Georgia State University
Atlanta, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Tone, Erin Brooke — Georgia State University
- Study coordinator: Tone, Erin Brooke
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.