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BMAM: Brain-inspired Multi-Agent Memory Framework

arXiv 2601.20465 ↗First posted 28 Jan 2026cs.CLcited by 3

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Abstract (arXiv)

Language-model-based agents operating over extended interaction horizons face persistent challenges in preserving temporally grounded information and maintaining behavioral consistency across sessions, a failure mode we term soul erosion. We present BMAM (Brain-inspired Multi-Agent Memory), a general-purpose memory architecture that models agent memory as a set of functionally specialized subsystems rather than a single unstructured store. Inspired by cognitive memory systems, BMAM decomposes memory into episodic, semantic, salience-aware, and control-oriented components that operate at complementary time scales. To support long-horizon reasoning, BMAM organizes episodic memories along explicit timelines and retrieves evidence by fusing multiple complementary signals. Experiments on the LoCoMo benchmark show that BMAM achieves 78.45 percent accuracy under the standard long-horizon evaluation setting, and ablation analyses confirm that the hippocampus-inspired episodic memory subsystem plays a critical role in temporal reasoning.

Key facts. Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Placed in Agent memory systems, one of 16 directions in LLM agents and tool use. Builds on 17 of its 40 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 28 Jan 2026.

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  1. 2026REMem: Reasoning with Episodic Memory in Language Agent
  2. 2026MemWeaver: Weaving Hybrid Memories for Traceable Long-Horizon Agentic Reasoning
  3. 2026Advancing Multimodal Agent Reasoning with Long-Term Neuro-Symbolic Memory
  4. 2025AI Meets Brain: Memory Systems from Cognitive Neuroscience to Autonomous Agents
  5. 2026The AI Hippocampus: How Far are We From Human Memory?
  6. 2026Memory Beyond Recall: A Dual-Process Cognitive Memory System for Self-Evolving LLM Agents
  7. 2026Anatomy of Agentic Memory: Taxonomy and Empirical Analysis of Evaluation and System Limitations
  8. 2026ActiveMem: Distributed Active Memory for Long-Horizon LLM Reasoning