The effects of sleep and targeted memory reactivation on the consolidation of relevant and irrelevant information.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sleep is assumed to facilitate the consolidation of new memories in an active process of covert reactivation of the underlying memory representations. Recent evidence suggests that this process is selective by favoring memories that are of future relevance, and can be externally triggered by learning-associated sensory cues presented during sleep [i.e., targeted memory reactivation (TMR)]. In the present study, we (1) set out to confirm the preferential sleep effect for relevant information, and then asked whether (2) simultaneous TMR of relevant and irrelevant information facilitates the advantage for relevant information, and (3) whether the preferential benefit of sleep and TMR for relevant information persists over time.

Methods

To test these questions, part

SUBMITTER: Barner C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713986 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature