Computational Affective Motivation Psychiatry Lab

brain & body mechanisms of motivation, affect, and decision-making.

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Psychological and Brain Sciences Department

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

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The Computational Affective Motivation Psychiatry (CAMP) Lab at the University of Iowa, directed by Dr. Debbie Yee, uses computational, neuroimaging, pharmacological, and neuromodulation approaches to understand how the brain generates motivation, affect, and decisions — and how these processes become dysregulated in mental and neurological illness.

news

Aug 04, 2026 Tvisha Shah will be presenting new and exciting work on digital health metrics of sleep and heart rate variability at this year’s Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Meeting.
Jul 14, 2026 Headed to this year’s Computational Psychiatry Conference? Come check out the lab’s posters, detailed info on bsky.
Jun 23, 2026 Our lab is featured the Transmitter’s Liftoff Series! We are excited to share about our lab’s research ethos, our big questions we aim to tackle, and our emphasis on reproducibility.
May 24, 2026 Congratulations Tony El Nemer for graduating, and for receiving the Muriel Fain Sher Premium for excellence in psychology and completion of his honors thesis!
Apr 29, 2026 Dr. Yee receives an Early Career Travel Award and The CAMP Lab attends SOBP2026!