A study published yesterday in the journal Neuron indicates that balanced electrical communication between two regions of the brain facilitate creating and maintaining accurate memory.  Two electrical speeds—theta and alpha—help regulate communication, and when something called alpha synchrony (a measure of connectedness in phase) between the regions is too high, study participants had a difficult time differentiating emotionally charged memories.

According to a summary from Neuroscience News, the study authors believe that their finding could impact those who experience PTSD. One of the study’s co-authors from the University of California, Irvine suggested that their findings could affect neuropsychiatric therapies such as deep brain stimulation, transcranial alternating current stimulation, and transcranial magnetic stimulation.

A link to the summary is here, and the study itself is here.