A museum heist — connection between motivation and memory?

Quick question: Have you ever planned or executed a museum heist?

If yes — why are you sharing that information on Medium?

If no — you can pretend to do this in a fascinating new study on motivation and memory!

Researchers used the motivation of either planning or executing a museum heist as a way to check memory. The study showed that participants planning the museum heist remembered more about all paintings, but participants executing the museum heist remembered more about the *high-value* paintings.

For a lovely summary and further commentary by Andrew Watkins of Learning and the Brain, check out the link below!

Reframing Motivation: Urgent vs. Interesting