The hippocampus and exploration: dynamically evolving behavior and neural representations

Johnson, Adam; Varberg, Zachary; Benhardus, James; Maahs, Anthony; Schrater, Paul

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The hippocampus and exploration: dynamically evolving behavior and neural representations

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Johnson, Adam, Varberg, Zachary, Benhardus, James, Maahs, Anthony, Schrater, Paul·2012·Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

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We develop a normative statistical approach to exploratory behavior called information foraging. Information foraging highlights the specific processes that contribute to active, rather than passive, exploration and learning. We hypothesize that the hippocampus plays a critical role in active exploration through directed information foraging by supporting a set of processes that allow an individual to determine where to sample. By examining these processes, we show how information directed information foraging provides a formal theoretical explanation for the common hippocampal substrates of constructive memory, vicarious trial and error behavior, schema-based facilitation of memory performance, and memory consolidation.

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Processes of information selection tap into high cognitive functions, including intrinsic curiosity, advance planning, and forming internal models of complex tasks.
“Recent evidence from computational and behavioral studies makes it clear that processes of information selection tap into some of our highest cognitive functions, involving, among others, intrinsic curiosity and the ability for advance planning and forming internal models of complex tasks (e.g., (Gershman and Niv, 2010; Johnson et al., 2012)).”
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Authors: Johnson, A., Varberg, Z., Benhardus, J., Maahs, A., & Schrater, P.
Affiliations: Bethel University (US)
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author: Johnson, Adam
ORCID: Schrater, Paul
Venue: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Published: 2012
Volume: 6
Pages: 216-216
ISSN: 1662-5161 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00216
PMC: PMC3404547
OpenAlex: W2060761263
Cited by: 61
References: 107
Citations by year: 2026: 3 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI: 2.46
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: gold
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Licence: cc-by
Locations: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Keywords: hippocampus, exploratory behavior, information foraging, active exploration, constructive memory, memory consolidation, neural representations

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