Value-Based Evidence Accumulation as a Transdiagnostic Marker of General Distress
Helen Pushkarskaya, Catherine Maya Russell, Kenny Cheng, Jingzhu Chen, Christopher Pittenger
The paper investigates if value-based evidence accumulation, measured via drift rate, is more strongly linked to general distress than to specific psychiatric symptoms.
bioRxiv · Feb 18, 2026 · PreprintPathology