The ability to prioritize valuable information is critical for the efficient use of memory in daily
life. When information is important, we engage more effective encoding mechanisms that …

Memory often declines with age, but older adults can off-set memory challenges by
selectively remembering important information. When encountering large amounts of …

The factors that trigger lapses of attention (eg, mind-wandering) during new learning remain
unclear. The present study investigated whether the likelihood of experiencing an attentional …

People are generally able to selectively attend and remember high-value over low-value
information. Here, we investigated whether young and older adults would display typical …

Valuable items are often remembered better than less valuable items, but research on the
mechanisms supporting this value effect is limited. In the current study, we sought to …

The ability to prioritize learning some information over others when that information is
considered important or valuable is known as value-directed remembering. In these …

Objectives The goal of this preregistered study was to synthesize empirical findings on age
differences in motivated cognition using a meta-analytic approach, with a focus on the …

People tend to show better memory for information that is deemed valuable or important. By
one mechanism, individuals selectively engage deeper, semantic encoding strategies for …

Background: We compared two types of metacognitive monitoring in younger and older
adults: metacognitive accuracy for their overall memory performance and their ability to …

Declarative memory has been found to be sensitive to reward-related changes in the
environment. The reward signal can be broken down into information regarding the …