Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by reward

Rewarding events are prioritized in memory, but to support adaptive decision-making memory should also be prioritized for the events leading up to a reward. Here, the authors show that reward retroactively prioritizes memory for proximal, neutral events that precede the reward.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Erin Kendall Braun, G. Elliott Wimmer, Daphna Shohamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07280-0