The ability to prioritize valuable information is critical for the efficient use of memory in daily
life. When information is important, we engage more effective encoding mechanisms that …

Due to their ability to capture attention, emotional stimuli tend to benefit from enhanced
perceptual processing, which can be helpful when such stimuli are task-relevant but …

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between financial literacy and
financial behaviors among various age groups. Financial literacy was measured in three …

In this article, I present a framework for understanding the impact of aging-related declines in
cognitive resources on functioning. I make the assumption that aging is associated with an …

It is often necessary to selectively attend to important information, at the expense of less
important information, especially if you know you cannot remember large amounts of …

The literature on individual differences in long-term memory (LTM) is organized and
reviewed. This includes an extensive review of the factor structure of LTM abilities as well as …

Objectives. We investigated how the anticipation of remote monetary reward modulates
intentional episodic memory formation in younger and older adults. On the basis of prior …

Across development, interactions between value-based learning and memory processes
promote the formation of mental models that enable flexible goal pursuit. Value cues in the …

A number of prior fMRI studies have focused on the ways in which the midbrain
dopaminergic reward system coactivates with hippocampus to potentiate memory for …

Adolescents are challenged to orchestrate goal-directed actions in increasingly independent
and consequential ways. In doing so, it is advantageous to use information about value to …