Avolition and laziness are distinct psychological and neurological phenomena.
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Clinical and neurological literature demonstrates that avolition (along with apathy) is a distinct neuropsychiatric symptom rooted in specific neural circuitry and pathophysiology, differentiating it from colloquial notions of laziness.
Evidence for · 3
A study of the association between polymorphisms in the genes for interleukins IL-6 and IL-10 and negative symptoms subdomains in schizophrenia
2022 · cited by 11
Paper [3] links avolition and apathy as distinct volitional pathology subdomains of negative symptoms in schizophrenia associated with specific neurobiological cytokine profiles.
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A Cognitive-Behavioral Model of Apathy in Parkinson's Disease.
2024 · cited by 3
Paper [8] conceptualizes apathy as a distinct reduction of motivation rooted in disordered effort-based decision-making and basal ganglia-prefrontal circuitry.
Towards a Non-pharmacological Intervention on Apathy in Korsakoff's Syndrome: A Systematic Narrative Review Across Different Clinical Conditions.
2024 · cited by 2
Paper [10] defines apathy transdiagnostically as a quantitative reduction of goal-directed behavior linked to specific psychiatric and neurocognitive disorders.