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
| Jun 23, 2026 | Our lab is featured the Transmitter’s Liftoff Series! Learn more about our research ethos, our big questions, and emphasis on reproducibility! |
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| 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! |
| Mar 26, 2026 | Gill LeBlanc presents a poster entitled “Investigating Heart Rate as a Physiological Measure of Stressor Controllability and Mental Effort Allocation,” at Mind Brain Research Day. |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Dr. Yee has been selected as Fellow for the Career Development Institute for Psychiatry, which will place in April 12–16 in Palo Alto, CA. |