Computational Affective Motivation Psychiatry Lab
brain & body mechanisms of motivation, affect, and decision-making.
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
| Sep 24, 2026 | Dr. Yee co-moderated a GSA webinar Advances in Decision Neuroscience & Aging, highlighting published work from the Journals of Gerontology: Series B special issue, co-edited along with Dr. Karolina Lempert, and Dr. Nathan Spreng from the Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging. |
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| Aug 27, 2026 | Dr. Yee has been selected for the 2026 ACNP Travel Award from the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and will attend this year’s annual meeting in San Diego. |
| 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. |