PsyACT LAB

Computational & clinical neuroscience

Motivation
& mental
health.

We investigate the cognitive and computational mechanisms of motivation, mood, and belief updating in health and neuropsychiatric conditions.

Our research Lab members

PsyACT Lab · Tel Aviv University
Led by Dr Noham Wolpe, psychiatrist and researcher

A participant using a handgrip device during a lab effort task
Experimental methodsPhysical effort perception
and performance
ExperienceBehaviourMechanisms
Research approach

We study how subjective experience relates to behaviour
and the physiological mechanisms underlying this relationship.

Research programme

Research themes

Our research programme
01

Motivation & effort

Effort perception and motivated behaviour

We examine how the perception of physical and cognitive effort contributes to individual differences in motivation.

Research details
02

Mood & mental health

Motivation and affective symptoms

We examine apathy, emotional experience, and cognition across depression, schizophrenia, and ageing.

Research details
03

Beliefs & adaptation

Belief updating and behavioural adaptation

We investigate how people update beliefs about their environment and their own abilities.

Research details

From the lab

Selected publications

All publications

Talks & perspectives

What is
mental effort?

Mental effort is widely studied but remains difficult to define. In this CRCNS talk, Noham Wolpe discusses its conceptual basis and implications for clinical research.

Read the accompanying paper

People & lab life

The PsyACT team

Lab members have backgrounds in psychiatry, neuroscience, psychology, and computational research. Their projects span effort perception, affective symptoms, and belief updating.

Lab members
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Research enquiries

Collaborations & postgraduate research

Contact us about research collaborations, graduate study, or postdoctoral opportunities.

Contact the lab