An organism's survival can depend on its ability to recall and navigate to spatial locations
associated with rewards, such as food or a home. Accumulating research has revealed that …

Many accounts of reward-based choice argue for distinct component processes that are
serial and functionally localized. In this Opinion article, we argue for an alternative viewpoint …

The hippocampus plays a critical role in goal-directed navigation. Across different
environments, however, hippocampal maps are randomized, making it unclear how goal …

Despite considerable interest in the neural basis of valuation, the question of how valuation
affects cognitive processing has received relatively less attention. Here, we review evidence …

Adaptive behaviors are guided by motivation and memory. Motivational states specify goals,
and memory can inform motivated behavior by providing detailed records of past …

Reward-guided decision-making and learning depends on distributed neural circuits with
many components. Here we focus on recent evidence that suggests four frontal lobe regions …

Avoiding repeated mistakes and learning to reinforce rewarding decisions is critical for
human survival and adaptive actions. Yet, the neural underpinnings of the value systems …

The maxim “no pain, no gain” summarizes scenarios in which an action leading to reward
also entails a cost. Although we know a substantial amount about how the brain represents …

Hippocampal place cells fire at specific locations in the environment. They form a cognitive
map that encodes spatial relations in the environment, including reward locations. 1 As part …

To make decisions, animals must evaluate candidate choices by accessing memories of
relevant experiences. Yet little is known about which experiences are considered or ignored …