High-Reward Memories Prioritized by Replay (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

High-Reward Memories Prioritized by Replay

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Why do we particularly remember the high points of experience? Using functional MRI, UC Davis neuroscientists were able to able to identify a signal in the hippocampus associated with a rewarding memory, in this case related to a photo of a basketball court.

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Charan Ranganath

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