Cognitive Replay of Visuomotor Learning at Sleep Onset: Temporal Dynamics and Relationship to Task Performance
Author(s) -
Erin J. Wamsley,
Karen L Perry,
Ina Djonlagic,
Laura Babkes Reaven,
Robert Stickgold
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/33.1.59
Subject(s) - psychology , non rapid eye movement sleep , cognition , audiology , memory consolidation , sleep (system call) , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , polysomnography , wakefulness , eye movement , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , electroencephalography , hippocampus , neuroscience , medicine , computer science , operating system
Studies of neural activity in animals and humans suggest that experiences are "replayed" in cortical and hippocampal networks during NREM sleep. Here, we examine whether memory reactivation in sleeping humans might also be evident within reports of concomitant subjective experience (i.e., dreaming).
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