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Curiosity plays a fundamental role for learning and memory, but the neural mechanisms that
stimulate curiosity and its effect on memory are poorly understood. Accumulating evidence …

Current interpretations of hippocampal memory function are blind to the fact that viewing
behaviors are pervasive and complicate the relationships among perception, behavior …

Hippocampal spatial view neurons in primates respond to the place where a monkey is
looking, with some modulation by place. In contrast, hippocampal neurons in rodents …

Viewing behavior provides a window into many central aspects of human cognition and
health, and it is an important variable of interest or confound in many functional magnetic …

Eye movements support memory encoding by binding distinct elements of the visual world
into coherent representations. However, the role of eye movements in memory retrieval is …

Memory neuroscientists often measure neural activity during task trials designed to recruit
specific memory processes. Behavior is championed as crucial for deciphering brain …

The discovery of place cells and head direction cells in the hippocampal formation of freely
foraging rodents has led to an emphasis of its role in encoding allocentric spatial …

Highlights•Curiosity enhances memory via the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and ventral
striatum.•Development of curiosity and its effect on memory in childhood/adolescence not …

The hippocampus supports memory encoding and retrieval, which may occur at distinct
phases of the theta cycle. These processes dynamically interact over rapid timescales …