Research
Sensory cortical disinhibition underlies long-term fear memory in humans
Nature · By Joshua A. Brown ·
The Brief
- A Nature Communications study reports that human sensory cortex plays a causal role in turning fleeting fearful experiences into long-term memories.
- The study indicates that non-invasive brain stimulation can intervene in this process.
- The paper was published online on 14 November 2026 (doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79372-1).
Why it matters
The findings suggest that sensory cortical activity contributes causally to how fear memories are consolidated in humans, which may inform research on fear-related memory and non-invasive ways to modulate it.
Who’s affected
- neuroscientists studying memory and fear
- researchers working on non-invasive brain stimulation
- #fear memory
- #sensory cortex
- #brain stimulation
- #memory consolidation
- #neuroscience
Nature Communications, Published online: 14 November 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-79372-1 The study demonstrates that human sensory cortex plays a causal role in transforming fleeting fearful experiences into lasting memories and that non-invasive brain stimulation can intercept…
Timeline
Study published online in Nature Communications
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Sensory cortical disinhibition underlies long-term fear memory in humans