Retroactive and graded prioritization of memory by reward

oleh: Erin Kendall Braun, G. Elliott Wimmer, Daphna Shohamy

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-11-01

Deskripsi

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.