Welcome to the Psychiatry in Action lab
The lab is led by Dr Noham Wolpe, a clinical psychiatrist and researcher.
Our broad interest is in how mental health factors, such as mood and motivation, affect our everyday actions and movements.
Latest Updates
10:24:08 AMOur research on motivation and effort was recently featured in Kol Hamada. We're excited to see our work reaching a broader audience and contributing to the public understanding of cognitive effort and motivation. Read the article
26 days ago"We are happy to share that our paper with DR Daniel Harlev on acoustic features of late-life depression and apathy was accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring!" Read more
33 days ago"We are happy to share that our paper with Jakub Nagrodzki on behavioral and neuroimaging correlates of attentional biases in previously depressed individuals was accepted for publication in Emotion" Read more
36 days agoOur new study in the Journal of Affective Disorders reveals how depression manifests differently across age groups. Read our research paper on depression across age groups
40 days agoOur research on motivation and effort was recently featured in Kol Hamada. We're excited to see our work reaching a broader audience and contributing to the public understanding of cognitive effort and motivation. Read the article
26 days ago"We are happy to share that our paper with DR Daniel Harlev on acoustic features of late-life depression and apathy was accepted for publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring!" Read more
33 days ago"We are happy to share that our paper with Jakub Nagrodzki on behavioral and neuroimaging correlates of attentional biases in previously depressed individuals was accepted for publication in Emotion" Read more
36 days agoOur new study in the Journal of Affective Disorders reveals how depression manifests differently across age groups. Read our research paper on depression across age groups
40 days agoWe are looking for YOU
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting MSc and PhD students to join our program starting October 2025. We encourage you to reach out to learn more about our research opportunities and application process. For detailed information about available positions and supervision areas, please contact us Here. Early inquiries are welcome.
Lab outing
Our lab team recently enjoyed a lab outdoor get-together and team building. The crew took a break from our research to strengthen connections outside the lab environment, sharing ideas and experiences in a more relaxed setting.
Recent work
What is mental effort?
Mental effort is a widely used term but is poorly understood. Here's a talk I gave at CRCNS that summarises what we think about mental effort. Paper can be found in What Is Mental Effort: A Clinical Perspective or in our publication page.
Apathy and sedation in schizophrenia
We show that reduced motivation, which is part of what is called 'negative symptoms' in schizophrenia, is partly explained by medication-induced sedation. This has significant implications for the as yet poorly treated negative symptoms in schizophrenia.
Link to full open-access manuscript
