Stressful Events as Teaching Signals for the Brain. Issue 6 (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Trapp, Sabrina; O'Doherty, John P.; Schwabe, Lars
• Is Part Of: Trends in cognitive sciences. Volume 22:Issue 6(2018)
• Page Start: 475
• Page End: 478
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: reinforcement learning -- uncertainty -- predictive processing -- memory -- arousal -- stress; Cognitive science -- Periodicals; Cognitive neuroscience -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2018.03.007
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-6613

Abstract

Abstract : Stressful events are better remembered than mundane events. We explain this advantage by reconceptualizing stress in terms of cumulative prediction errors (PEs) that promote rapid learning of events. This proposal integrates the effects of stress on perception and memory, and provides exciting new perspectives for research on stress and cognition.