Ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation is associated with memory formation for predictable rewards.

During reinforcement learning, dopamine release shifts from the moment of reward consumption to the time point when the reward can be predicted. Previous studies provide consistent evidence that reward-predicting cues enhance long-term memory (LTM) formation of these items via dopaminergic projections to the ventral striatum. However, it is less clear whether memory for items that do not precede a reward but are directly associated with reward consumption is also facilitated.

Working memory representation in atypical language dominance.

One of the most important factors controlling material specific processing in the human brain is language dominance, i.e. hemispheric specialization in semantic processes.