Alpha oscillations are ubiquitous in the brain, but their role in cortical processing remains a
matter of debate. Recently, evidence has begun to accumulate in support of a role for alpha …

Our ability to remember the past depends on neural processes set in train in the moment an
event is experienced. These processes can be studied by segregating brain activity …

People find it easier to learn about topics that interest them, but little is known about the
mechanisms by which intrinsic motivational states affect learning. We used functional …

Recent evidence indicates that the processing of a stimulus can be influenced by preceding
patterns of brain activity. Here we examine whether prestimulus oscillatory brain activity can …

The anticipation of favourable or unfavourable events is a key component in our daily life.
However, the temporal dynamics of anticipation processes in relation to brain activation are …

Emerging evidence suggests that motivation enhances episodic memory formation through
interactions between medial-temporal lobe (MTL) structures and dopaminergic midbrain. In …

Recollection is typically associated with high recognition confidence and accurate source
memory. However, subjects sometimes make accurate source memory judgments even for …

The majority of current developmental models prioritise a pedagogical approach to
knowledge acquisition in infancy, in which infants play a relatively passive role as recipients …

Oscillatory brain activity in the theta frequency range (4–8Hz) before the onset of an event
has been shown to affect the likelihood of successfully encoding the event into memory …

Recently, attempts have been made to disentangle the neural underpinnings of preparatory
processes related to reward and attention. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) …