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Upgrading the sleeping brain with targeted memory reactivation| old_uid | 13289 |
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| title | Upgrading the sleeping brain with targeted memory reactivation |
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| start_date | 2014/01/20 |
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| schedule | 11h |
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| online | no |
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| location_info | NeuroSpin Amphi |
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| summary | Of all the events that each person experiences each day, which will be retained and which will be forgotten? A fundamental feature of human memory is the propensity for beneficial changes in information storage after initial encoding. Recent research findings favor the possibility that memory consolidation during sleep is instrumental for actively maintaining the storehouse of memories that individuals carry through their lives. The information that ultimately remains available for retrieval may tend to be that which is reactivated during sleep. A novel source of support for this idea comes from demonstrations that neurocognitive processing during sleep can benefit memory storage when memories are covertly cued via auditory or olfactory stimulation. I will review the main arguments showing a role of sleep in memory consolidation, and then describe how the method of targeted memory reactivation provides novel perspectives on how the sleeping brain contributes to memory. |
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| responsibles | <not specified> |
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