Investigation of the hippocampus has historically focused on computations within the
trisynaptic circuit. However, discovery of important anatomical and functional variability …

Age-related cognitive changes often include difficulties in retrieving memories, particularly
those that rely on personal experiences within their temporal and spatial contexts (ie …

People find it easier to learn about topics that interest them, but little is known about the
mechanisms by which intrinsic motivational states affect learning. We used functional …

Reward motivation is known to modulate memory encoding, and this effect depends on
interactions between the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area complex (SN/VTA) and the …

Motivational relevance can prioritize information for memory encoding and consolidation
based on reward value. In this review, we pinpoint the possible psychological and neural …

Adolescence marks a time of unique neurocognitive development, in which executive
functions reach adult levels of maturation. While many core facets of executive function may …

Reward motivation has been demonstrated to enhance declarative memory by facilitating
systems-level consolidation. Although high-reward information is often intermixed with lower …

Our daily experiences unfold continuously, but we remember them as a series of discrete
events through a process called event segmentation. Prominent theories of event …

Prior research illustrates that memory can guide value-based decision-making. For example,
previous work has implicated both working memory and procedural memory (ie …

Music listening provides one of the most significant abstract rewards for humans because
hearing music activates the dopaminergic mesolimbic system. Given the strong link between …