journal.pbio.1001684 A Critical Role for the Hippocampus in the Valuation of
Imagined Outcomes
Mae¨l Lebreton1,2,3, Maxime Bertoux4, Claire Boutet2,3, Ste´phane Lehericy2,3, Bruno Dubois3,4,
Philippe Fossati3,5, Mathias Pessiglione1,2,3*
1 Motivation, Brain and Behavior (MBB) Team, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinie`re (ICM), Paris, France, 2 Service de Neuroradiologie, Hoˆpital Pitie-Salpetriere,
Centre de NeuroImagerie de Recherche (CENIR), Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle e´pinie`re (ICM), Paris, France, 3 INSERM UMRS 975, CNRS UMR 7225, Universite´ Pierre et
Marie Curie (UPMC – Paris 6), Paris, France, 4 Institut de la Me´moire et de la Maladie d’Alzheimer, Hoˆpital Pitie´-Salpeˆtrie`re, Paris, France, 5 Centre Emotion, CNRS USR 3246,
Hoˆpital Pitie´-Salpeˆtrie`re, Paris, France
Abstract
Many choice situations require imagining potential outcomes, a capacity that was shown to involve memory brain regions
such as the hippocampus.