Micah G. Edelson

The paper investigates how hippocampal representations of taste information during a dietary self-control task relate to self-control success, finding that goal-dependent adaptations in memory retrieval influence decision-making.

This study challenges the assumption that model-free learning is automatic by showing that model-based strategies can reduce mental effort without increasing it.

The paper shows that prestimulus activity in the cingulo-opercular network predicts memory for naturalistic episodic experiences by modulating encoding and retrieval processes.