ZenBrain: A Neuroscience-Inspired 7-Layer Memory Architecture for Autonomous AI Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2604.23878v1
• Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:39:19 GMT
• Title: ZenBrain: A Neuroscience-Inspired 7-Layer Memory Architecture for Autonomous AI Systems
• Abstract summary: We present ZenBrain, a multilayer memory architecture integrating neuroscience models.<n>It implements seven memory layers (working, short-term, episodic, semantic, procedural, core, foundational cross-context) orchestrated by nine algorithms.<n>On LongMemEval, ZenBrain holds the highest rank on all 12 system judges.
• Score: 51.56484100374058
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Despite a century of empirical memory research, existing AI agent memory systems rely on system-engineering metaphors (virtual-memory paging, flat LLM storage, Zettelkasten notes), none integrating principles of consolidation, forgetting, and reconsolidation. We present ZenBrain, a multi-layer memory architecture integrating fifteen neuroscience models. It implements seven memory layers (working, short-term, episodic, semantic, procedural, core, cross-context) orchestrated by nine foundational algorithms (Two-Factor Synaptic Model, vmPFC-coupled FSRS, Simulation-Selection sleep, Bayesian confidence, and five more) plus six new Predictive Memory Architecture (PMA) components: a four-channel NeuromodulatorEngine, prediction-error-gated ReconsolidationEngine, TripleCopyMemory with divergent decay, four-dimensional PriorityMap with amygdala fast-path, StabilityProtector (NogoA/HDAC3 analogue), and MetacognitiveMonitor for bias detection. The 15-algorithm ablation reveals a cooperative survival network: under stress, 9 of 15 algorithms become individually critical (delta-Q up to -93.7%, Wilcoxon, 10 seeds, alpha=0.005). Simulation-Selection sleep achieves 37% stability improvement (p<0.005) with 47.4% storage reduction. TripleCopyMemory retains S(t)=0.912 at 30 days; PriorityMap reaches NDCG@10=0.997. Multi-layer routing beats a flat single-layer baseline by 20.7% F1 on LoCoMo (p<0.005) and 19.5% on MemoryArena (p=0.015). On LongMemEval-500, ZenBrain holds the highest mean rank on all 12 system-judge cells (4 systems x 3 LLM judges), three-judge mean J=0.545 vs letta=0.485, a-mem=0.414, mem0=0.394; all 9 pair-wise contrasts clear Bonferroni (alpha=0.05/18, min p=6.2e-31, d in [0.18, 0.52]). Under LongMemEval's binary judge, ZenBrain reaches 91.3% of oracle accuracy at 1/106th the per-query token budget. Open-source with 11,589 automated test cases.

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