Successful learning depends on various factors such as depth of processing, motivation, or
curiosity about information. A strong drive to learn something or the expectation of receiving …

The hippocampus plays a central role as a coordinate system or index of information stored
in neocortical loci. Nonetheless, it remains unclear how hippocampal processes integrate …

The hippocampus is a crucial brain structure involved in memory formation, spatial
navigation, emotional regulation, and learning. An accurate MRI image segmentation of the …

Videos of magic tricks offer lots of opportunities to study the human mind. They violate the
expectations of the viewer, causing prediction errors, misdirect attention, and elicit epistemic …

Individuals differ in the way they seek information, acquire knowledge, and form memories.
Neural finger-prints of intrinsic functional connectivity distinguish between individuals and …

Heterogeneity in brain activity can give rise to heterogeneity in behavior, which in turn
comprises our distinctive characteristics as individuals. Studying the path from brain to …

Is interesting knowledge a reward? To tackle this question, we review drive, optimal arousal,
intrinsic motivation, uncertainty reduction (ie information-gap), emotion and reward accounts …

Successful learning depends on various factors such as depth of processing, motivation, or
curiosity about information. A strong drive to learn something or the expectation of receiving …

Trying to recall a piece of knowledge from memory but, despite best efforts, being unable to
do so is a common occurrence in everyday life. Frequently, such an experience involves the …

Seeking information is fundamental not only for making adaptive choices but also for
extending our knowledge both individually and as a collective society. Understanding how …