Mental replay rescales the subjective duration of past events via alpha and theta oscillations
Winny Wing Yin Yue, Zexuan Mu, Ziqing Yao, Danni Chen, Yuqi Zhang, Jing Liu, Xiaoqing Hu
The paper shows that mentally replaying past events at different speeds changes perceived duration through alpha and theta brain oscillations, without affecting memory content.
bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience