This paper reviews progress in the application of computational models to
personality, developmental, and clinical neuroscience. We first describe the
concept of a computational phenotype, a collection of parameters derived from
computational models fit to behavioral and neural data. This approach represents
individuals as points in a continuous parameter space, complementing traditional
trait and symptom measures. One key advantage of this representation is that it
is mechanistic: The parameters have interpretations in terms of cognitive
processes, which can be translated into quantitative predictions about future
behavior and brain activity. We illustrate with several examples how this
approach has led to new scientific insights into individual differences,
developmental trajectories, and psychopathology. We then survey some of the
challenges that lay ahead.