The processing of salient and rewarding stimuli is integral to engaging our attention,
stimulating anticipation for future events, and driving goal-directed behaviors. Widespread …

Across development, interactions between value-based learning and memory processes
promote the formation of mental models that enable flexible goal pursuit. Value cues in the …

Recent technological and analytical progress in brain imaging has enabled the examination
of brain organization and connectivity at unprecedented levels of detail. The Human …

Ketamine improves motivation-related symptoms in depression but simultaneously elicits
similar symptoms in healthy individuals, suggesting that it might have different effects in …

Adolescents are challenged to orchestrate goal-directed actions in increasingly independent
and consequential ways. In doing so, it is advantageous to use information about value to …

Adolescence is a time during which we transition to independence, explore new activities
and begin pursuit of major life goals. Goal-directed learning, in which we learn to perform …

The thalamus is a critical relay center for neural pathways involving sensory, motor, and
cognitive functions, including cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical and cortico-ponto-cerebello …

With a few notable exceptions, adolescents do not possess the legal authority to provide
consent for or refuse medical interventions. However, in some situations, the question arises …

Youthful offenders convicted of serious crimes continue to be sentenced to death and life
without parole in the United States based on legal arguments that cast them as incorrigible …

The thalamus is a critical relay center for neural pathways involving sensory, motor, and
cognitive functions, including cortico-striato-thalamo-cortical and cortico-ponto-cerebello …