publications | CAMP Lab

2026

J Affect Disord

Reduced amygdala habituation to anticipated social rejection in youth with major depressive disorder

Michele Morningstar, M. N. K. Gravelle, Daniel P. Dickstein, and 5 more authors

Journal of Affective Disorders, 2026

@article{Morningstar2026,
  author = {Morningstar, Michele and Gravelle, M. N. K. and Dickstein, Daniel P. and Silk, Jennifer S. and Dahl, Ronald E. and Nelson, Eric E. and Yee, Debbie M. and Stroud, Laura R.},
  title = {Reduced amygdala habituation to anticipated social rejection in youth with major depressive disorder},
  journal = {Journal of Affective Disorders},
  year = {2026},
  volume = {378},
  pages = {121380},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jad.2026.02.015},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2026.02.015},
  publisher = {Elsevier}
}

2025

TICS

The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning

Lilian A. Weber, Debbie Yee, Dana M. Small, and 1 more author

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Sep 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Weber2025InteroceptiveOrigin,
  title = {The interoceptive origin of reinforcement learning},
  author = {Weber, Lilian A. and Yee, Debbie and Small, Dana M. and Petzschner, Frederike H.},
  journal = {Trends in Cognitive Sciences},
  volume = {29},
  number = {9},
  pages = {840--854},
  year = {2025},
  month = sep,
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  doi = {10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.008},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.05.008},
}

Cognition

Motivational context determines the impact of aversive outcomes on mental effort allocation

Mahalia Prater Fahey, Debbie M. Yee, Xiamin Leng, and 2 more authors

Cognition, Jan 2025

DOI Bib

@article{PraterFahey2025MotivationContext,
  title = {Motivational context determines the impact of aversive outcomes on mental effort allocation},
  author = {Prater Fahey, Mahalia and Yee, Debbie M. and Leng, Xiamin and Tarlow, Maisy and Shenhav, Amitai},
  journal = {Cognition},
  volume = {254},
  pages = {105973},
  year = {2025},
  month = jan,
  issn = {0010-0277},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2024.105973},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027724002737},
}

2024

JoCN

Neural and Computational Mechanisms of Motivation and Decision-making

Debbie M. Yee

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Dec 2024

DOI Bib

@article{Yee2024,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M.},
  title = {Neural and Computational Mechanisms of Motivation and Decision-making},
  journal = {Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {36},
  number = {12},
  pages = {2822-2830},
  month = dec,
  doi = {10.1162/jocn_a_02258},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_02258},
  publisher = {MIT Press}
}

2023

Camb Handb Comp

Neurocomputational Models of Cognitive Control

Debbie M. Yee and Todd S. Braver

In The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences, 2023

DOI Bib

@incollection{Yee2023,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Neurocomputational Models of Cognitive Control},
  booktitle = {The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences},
  editor = {Sun, Ron},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Cambridge University Press},
  address = {Cambridge},
  doi = {10.1017/9781108755610.019},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108755610.019}
}

2022

NBR

Aversive motivation and cognitive control: From model-based mechanisms to individual differences

Debbie M. Yee, Xiamin Leng, Todd S. Braver, and 1 more author

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Feb 2022

DOI Bib

@article{Yee2022Aversive,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Leng, Xiamin and Braver, Todd S. and Shenhav, Amitai},
  title = {Aversive motivation and cognitive control: From model-based mechanisms to individual differences},
  journal = {Neuroscience \& Biobehavioral Reviews},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {133},
  pages = {104497},
  month = feb,
  doi = {10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.12.001},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.12.001},
  publisher = {Elsevier}
}

CABN

Distinct neural profiles of frontoparietal networks in boys with ADHD and boys with persistent depressive disorder

Veronika Vilgis, Debbie M. Yee, Alasdair Vance, and 1 more author

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, Oct 2022

DOI Bib HTML PDF

@article{Vilgis2022,
  author = {Vilgis, Veronika and Yee, Debbie M. and Vance, Alasdair and Silk, Timothy J.},
  title = {Distinct neural profiles of frontoparietal networks in boys with ADHD and boys with persistent depressive disorder},
  journal = {Cognitive, Affective, \& Behavioral Neuroscience},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {22},
  number = {5},
  pages = {1183--1198},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.3758/s13415-022-00999-w},
  publisher = {Springer},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-022-00999-w},
}

STAR Protocols

An fMRI protocol for administering liquid incentives to human participants

Debbie M. Yee, Jennifer L. Crawford, and Todd S. Braver

STAR Protocols, Dec 2022

DOI Bib

@article{Yee2022,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Crawford, Jennifer L. and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {An fMRI protocol for administering liquid incentives to human participants},
  journal = {STAR Protocols},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {3},
  number = {4},
  pages = {101707},
  month = dec,
  doi = {10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101707},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101707},
  publisher = {Cell Press}
}

2021

JNeurosci

Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Encodes the Integrated Incentive Motivational Value of Cognitive Task Performance

Debbie M. Yee, Jennifer L. Crawford, Bidhan Lamichhane, and 1 more author

Journal of Neuroscience, Apr 2021

DOI Bib

@article{Yee2021,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Crawford, Jennifer L. and Lamichhane, Bidhan and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex Encodes the Integrated Incentive Motivational Value of Cognitive Task Performance},
  journal = {Journal of Neuroscience},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {41},
  number = {16},
  pages = {3707--3720},
  month = apr,
  doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2550-20.2021},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2550-20.2021},
  publisher = {Society for Neuroscience}
}

PLOS Comp Bio

Dissociable influences of reward and punishment on adaptive cognitive control

Xiamin Leng, Debbie M. Yee, Harrison Ritz, and 1 more author

PLOS Computational Biology, Dec 2021

DOI Bib

@article{Leng2021,
  author = {Leng, Xiamin and Yee, Debbie M. and Ritz, Harrison and Shenhav, Amitai},
  journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science},
  title = {Dissociable influences of reward and punishment on adaptive cognitive control},
  year = {2021},
  month = dec,
  volume = {17},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009737},
  pages = {1-29},
  number = {12},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009737}
}

2020

Front Psychol

Dissociable Effects of Monetary, Liquid, and Social Incentives on Motivation and Cognitive Control

Jennifer L. Crawford, Debbie M. Yee, Haijing W. Hallenbeck, and 4 more authors

Frontiers in Psychology, Sep 2020

DOI Bib

@article{Crawford2020,
  author = {Crawford, Jennifer L. and Yee, Debbie M. and Hallenbeck, Haijing W. and Naumann, Ashton and Shapiro, Katherine and Thompson, Renee J. and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Dissociable Effects of Monetary, Liquid, and Social Incentives on Motivation and Cognitive Control},
  journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {11},
  pages = {2212},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02212},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02212},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.}
}

Comp Psychiatry

Computational Models of Cognitive Control: Past and Current Approaches

Debbie M. Yee and Todd S. Braver

In Computational Psychiatry: A Primer, 2020

DOI Bib

@incollection{Yee2020,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Computational Models of Cognitive Control: Past and Current Approaches},
  booktitle = {Computational Psychiatry: A Primer},
  editor = {Series, Peggy},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {MIT Press},
  pages = {83--104},
  address = {Cambridge, MA},
  doi = {10.7551/mitpress/11690.003.0006},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11690.003.0006}
}

2019

CABN

Age-Related Differences in Motivational Integration and Cognitive Control

Debbie M. Yee, Sarah C. Adams, Asad Beck, and 1 more author

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, Jun 2019

DOI Bib

@article{Yee2019,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Adams, Sarah C. and Beck, Asad and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Age-Related Differences in Motivational Integration and Cognitive Control},
  journal = {Cognitive, Affective, \& Behavioral Neuroscience},
  year = {2019},
  volume = {19},
  pages = {692--714},
  month = jun,
  doi = {10.3758/s13415-019-00713-3},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3758/s13415-019-00713-3},
  publisher = {Springer Nature}
}

2018

Curr Opin Behav

Interactions of motivation and cognitive control

Debbie M. Yee and Todd S. Braver

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2018

DOI Bib

@article{YeeBraver2018,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Interactions of motivation and cognitive control},
  journal = {Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences},
  year = {2018},
  volume = {19},
  pages = {83--90},
  doi = {10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.11.009},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cobeha.2017.11.009},
  publisher = {Elsevier}
}

2016

Front Psychol

Humans Integrate Monetary and Liquid Incentives to Motivate Cognitive Task Performance

Debbie M. Yee, Marie K. Krug, Ariel Z. Allen, and 1 more author

Frontiers in Psychology, Jan 2016

DOI Bib

@article{Yee2016,
  author = {Yee, Debbie M. and Krug, Marie K. and Allen, Ariel Z. and Braver, Todd S.},
  title = {Humans Integrate Monetary and Liquid Incentives to Motivate Cognitive Task Performance},
  journal = {Frontiers in Psychology},
  year = {2016},
  volume = {6},
  pages = {2037},
  month = jan,
  doi = {10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02037},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.02037},
  publisher = {Frontiers Media S.A.}
}

2014

PLOS Comp Bio

Optimal Behavioral Hierarchy

Alec Solway, Carlos Diuk, Natalia Córdova, and 4 more authors

PLOS Computational Biology, Aug 2014

DOI Bib

@article{Solway2014,
  author = {Solway, Alec and Diuk, Carlos and C\'{o}rdova, Natalia and Yee, Debbie and Barto, Andrew G. and Niv, Yael and Botvinick, Matthew M.},
  title = {Optimal Behavioral Hierarchy},
  journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {10},
  number = {8},
  pages = {e1003779},
  month = aug,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003779},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003779},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science}
}

PLOS One

Neural Correlates of Letter Reversal in Children and Adults

Liwei King Blackburne, Marianna D. Eddy, Priya Kalra, and 3 more authors

PLOS ONE, May 2014

DOI Bib

@article{Blackburne2014,
  author = {Blackburne, Liwei King and Eddy, Marianna D. and Kalra, Priya and Yee, Debbie and Sinha, Pawan and Gabrieli, John D. E.},
  title = {Neural Correlates of Letter Reversal in Children and Adults},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  year = {2014},
  volume = {9},
  number = {5},
  pages = {e98386},
  month = may,
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0098386},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098386},
  publisher = {Public Library of Science}
}