Topic: Decision making

Finding Meaning in Memories

Daphna Shohamy and Ashok Litwin-Kumar bridge experimental and computational neuroscience to explain how the brain assigns significance to memories, how dopamine shapes memory-guided decisions, and how bodily signals influence learning. Isabel Low moderates a public discussion and question session.

‘Holy grail’ of naked mole-rat research reveals how queens rule

Nature reporters discuss the chemical signal used by naked mole-rat queens to maintain reproductive hierarchy and how people reason when learning unfamiliar games.

Neural Representations of Abstract Cognitive Maps in Prefrontal Cortex and Medial Temporal Lobe