The Importance of Common Currency Tasks in Translational Psychiatry

Purpose of Review Common currency tasks are tasks that investigate the same phenomenon in different species. In this review, we discuss how to ensure the translational validity of common currency tasks, summarise their benefits, present recent research in this area and offer future directions and re...

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Published in:Current behavioral neuroscience reports 2021-03, Vol.8 (1), p.1-10
Main Authors: Pike, Alexandra C., Lowther, Millie, Robinson, Oliver J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal cognition
Anxiety
Behavioral Therapy
Clinical trials
Food
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Memory
Mood and Anxiety Disorders (E Pulcu and C Harmer
Mood and Anxiety Disorders (E Pulcu and C Harmer, Section Editors)
Neurology
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
R&D
Research & development
Section Editors
Topical Collection on Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Validation studies
Validity
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Summary:Purpose of Review Common currency tasks are tasks that investigate the same phenomenon in different species. In this review, we discuss how to ensure the translational validity of common currency tasks, summarise their benefits, present recent research in this area and offer future directions and recommendations. Recent Findings We discuss the strengths and limitations of three specific examples where common currency tasks have added to our understanding of psychiatric constructs—affective bias, reversal learning and goal-based decision making. Summary Overall, common currency tasks offer the potential to improve drug discovery in psychiatry. We recommend that researchers prioritise construct validity above face validity when designing common currency tasks and suggest that the evidence for construct validity is summarised in papers presenting research in this area.
ISSN:2196-2979
2196-2979
DOI:10.1007/s40473-021-00225-w