Using EEG microstates to examine post-encoding quiet rest and subsequent word-pair memory.

ABSTRACT: Evidence suggests that the brain preferentially consolidates memories during "offline" periods, in which an individual is not performing a task and their attention is otherwise undirected, including spans of quiet, resting wakefulness. Moreover, research has demonstrated that factors such as the initial encoding strength of information influence which memories receive the greatest benefit. Recent studies have begun to investigate these periods of post-learning quiet rest using EEG microstate analysis to observe the electrical dynamics of the brain during these stretches of memory consolidation, specifically finding an increase in the amount of the canonical microstate D during a post-encoding rest period. Here, we implement an exploratory analysis to probe the activity of EEG microstates d

SUBMITTER: Poskanzer C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8169598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature