eprintid: 10206212 rev_number: 9 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/20/62/12 datestamp: 2025-03-18 13:57:09 lastmod: 2025-03-18 13:57:09 status_changed: 2025-03-18 13:57:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Simeonov, Louise creators_name: Das, Ravi title: The rhythm of memory. Does theta frequency audio/visual flicker improve recall? ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D05 divisions: F66 keywords: memory, oscillations, neural entrainment, theta, association, LTP, LTD note: 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. abstract: 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. date: 2025-03-13 date_type: published publisher: Frontiers Media SA official_url: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1555081 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2371035 doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1555081 lyricists_name: Simeonov, Louise lyricists_id: LFLSI85 actors_name: Simeonov, Louise actors_id: LFLSI85 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience volume: 19 article_number: 1555081 issn: 1662-5153 citation: Simeonov, Louise; Das, Ravi; (2025) The rhythm of memory. Does theta frequency audio/visual flicker improve recall? Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience , 19 , Article 1555081. 10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1555081 <https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2025.1555081>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10206212/1/Simeonov_fnbeh-1-1555081.pdf