Dr. Penny Lewis, 4:00pm October 11th, 2016
Dr. Penny Lewis
Cardiff University
Tuesday, October 11th
Swift 107
4:00pm
Reception to Follow
Exploring sleep's impact on memory with targeted memory reactivation
Memories are neurally replayed during sleep, and this is important for their consolidation and integration with prior knowledge. Targeted Memory Reactivation (TMR) is a technique which can be used to trigger the replay of specific memories on demand. In this talk I will first describe a study which suggests that sleep plays a role the in integrating new information into pre-existing knowledge frameworks (or schemas). I will next describe two studies which use TMR to examine a) the role memory replay in facilitating the emergence of explicit knowledge from implicitly learned material, and b) the role of memory replay in reducing emotional content of memories. I will finish up by discussing a new method for identifying TMR cued replay in sleep using EEG classifiers. 