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.

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Main Authors: Erin Kendall Braun, G. Elliott Wimmer, Daphna Shohamy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07280-0
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-d7649b92a6ed433791f067e2cc4489292022-12-21T23:38:35ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232018-11-019111210.1038/s41467-018-07280-0Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by rewardErin Kendall Braun0G. Elliott Wimmer1Daphna Shohamy2Department of Psychology, Columbia UniversityMax Planck University College London Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research and Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College LondonDepartment of Psychology, Columbia UniversityRewarding 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07280-0
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title Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by reward
title_full Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by reward
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