Open AccessTargeted Memory Reactivation during Sleep Depends on Prior Learning
Author(s) -
Jessica D. Creery,
Delphine Oudiette,
James W. Antony,
Ken A. Paller
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4670
Subject(s) - nap , recall , psychology , audiology , memory consolidation , electroencephalography , sleep (system call) , free recall , cognitive psychology , cued speech , polysomnography , cognition , developmental psychology , neuroscience , medicine , computer science , hippocampus , operating system
When sounds associated with learning are presented again during slow-wave sleep, targeted memory reactivation (TMR) can produce improvements in subsequent location recall. Here we used TMR to investigate memory consolidation during an afternoon nap as a function of prior learning.
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