Consolidation Gating and Noise Robustness in Adaptive Memory Systems

Paper 4 derives the stability–plasticity constraint governing adaptive memory dynamics. It introduces the consolidation gate, a mechanism that allows information to enter long-term structure only after a period of stability. This gating process protects the system from noise while preserving the ability to update under genuine signal. The resulting trade-off explains why systems without proper gating suffer from catastrophic forgetting or unstable learning.