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N1  - Copyright © 2025 Simeonov and Das. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Y1  - 2025/03/13/
AV  - public
VL  - 19
TI  - The rhythm of memory. Does theta frequency audio/visual flicker improve recall?
KW  - memory
KW  -  oscillations
KW  -  neural entrainment
KW  -  theta
KW  -  association
KW  -  LTP
KW  -  LTD
A1  - Simeonov, Louise
A1  - Das, Ravi
JF  - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
SN  - 1662-5153
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1555081
ID  - discovery10206212
N2  - A fundamental question in cognitive neuroscience is how multi-sensory elements are bound into a unified memory trace. The formation of memories is thought to be reliant on precisely timed neural activity. Theta frequency neural oscillations have been proposed to orchestrate the timing of different sensory cortices. Here, we attempt to replicate findings that flickering stimuli presented in synchronous theta frequency will lead to enhanced recall. Additionally, we investigate whether theta frequency sensory flicker can improve encoding of emotional associative memories. The current study failed to replicate previous findings demonstrating improved recall for stimuli synchronously modulated at theta frequency in a multi-sensory associative learning task. We discuss possible explanations for the discrepancy between current and previous findings.
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