We rely on our long-term memories to guide future behaviors, making it adaptive to prioritize
the retention of goal-relevant, salient information in memory. In this review, we discuss …

The memories that we retain can serve many functions. They guide our future actions, form a
scaffold for constructing the self, and continue to shape both the self and the way we …

INTRODUCTION Adaptive decision-making requires assimilation of reward information to
guide subsequent choices. However, actions and outcomes are often separated by time and …

Cognitive maps are mental representations of spatial and conceptual relationships in an
environment, and are critical for flexible behavior. To form these abstract maps, the …

Dance has traditionally been viewed from a Eurocentric perspective as a mode of self-
expression that involves the human body moving through space, performed for the purposes …

Memory models often emphasize the need to encode novel patterns of neural activity
imposed by sensory drive. Prior learning and innate architecture likely restrict neural …

Understanding of the evolved biological function of sleep has advanced considerably in the
past decade. However, no equivalent understanding of dreams has emerged. Contemporary …

Experience-related brain activity patterns reactivate during sleep, wakeful rest, and brief
pauses from active behavior. In parallel, machine learning research has found that …

Sleep spindles facilitate memory consolidation in the cortex during mammalian non-rapid
eye movement sleep. In rodents, phase-locked firing during spindles may facilitate spike …

Learning-activated engram neurons play a critical role in memory recall. An untested
hypothesis is that these same neurons play an instructive role in offline memory …