Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Memory and Neural Mechanisms

External reference: https://openalex.org/T10448

  1. mPFC pathways show distinct affective state patterns
    Calcium imaging reveals distinct activity patterns in mPFC pathways to amygdala versus nucleus accumbens during anxiety, exploration, and social behaviors in mice.
  2. Hippocampus and frontal eye field show distinct roles in novelty exploration
    Study reveals how hippocampus and frontal eye field coordinate neural mechanisms for exploring novel information versus revisiting familiar content during visual memory tasks.
  3. Affective surprise enhanced memory for item timing
    Affective surprise—deviations in expected emotional states—enhances binding of items to temporal contexts in episodic memory, functioning as a learning signal independent of valence direction.