Brain Preparedness for Active Forgetting: Cortisol Awakening Response Proacts Prefrontal Control Over Hippocampal-Striatal Circuitry
Bingsen Xiong, Changming Chen, Yucheng Bian, Yanqiu Tian, Haowen Su, Manqi Sha, Shouwen Zhang, Chao Liu, Jianhui Wu, Shaozheng Qin
The paper shows that the cortisol awakening response enhances prefrontal control over emotional memory suppression, specifically for recent memories.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience