Vishnu P. Murty

The hippocampus and cortical memory networks have an inflection point in middle childhood

The paper examines age-related changes in hippocampal function and connectivity in children and adults, finding an inflection point around 7 years of age.

Connecting self-report and instrumental behavior during incubation of food craving in humans.

This study develops a human paradigm to measure food craving incubation by linking self-reports with instrumental behavior, showing non-linear relationships over time.

In Vivo Structural Connectivity of the Reward System Along the Hippocampal Long-Axis

The paper quantifies structural connectivity between the hippocampus and reward regions in humans using diffusion MRI, finding region-specific connectivity patterns along the hippocampal axis.

Agency as a Bridge to Form Associative Memories

This paper shows that when individuals have agency in a situation, they form stronger memories for all items involved, including associations between contestants, doors, and prizes.

Midbrain-Hippocampus Structural Connectivity Selectively Predicts Motivated Memory Encoding

The paper uses diffusion-weighted MRI and tractography to show that structural connectivity of SN/VTA-hippocampus pathways correlates with motivated memory performance.

Decision-making increases episodic memory via post-encoding consolidation.

This study shows that active decision-making enhances episodic memory through post-encoding consolidation by strengthening hippocampal-perirhinal cortex interactions.