ArticlePloS one2014
Selective REM-sleep deprivation does not diminish emotional memory consolidation in young healthy subjects.
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- Selective suppression of rapid eye movement sleep increases next-day negative affect and amygdala responses to social exclusion.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- The Interaction of REM Fragmentation and Night-Time Arousal Modulates Sleep-Dependent Emotional Memory Consolidation.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Sleep selectively stabilizes contextual aspects of negative memories.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Relevance of deprivation studies in understanding rapid eye movement sleep.Nature and science of sleep · 2018Review
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- Effects of sleep on memory for conditioned fear and fear extinction.Psychological bulletin · 2015Review
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Abstract
Sleep enhances memory consolidation and it has been hypothesized that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in particular facilitates the consolidation of emotional memory. The aim of this study was to investigate this hypothesis using selective REM-sleep deprivation. We used a recognition memory task in which participants were shown negative and neutral pictures. Participants (N=29 healthy medical students) were separated into two groups (undisturbed sleep and selective REM-sleep deprived). Both groups also worked on the memory task in a wake condition. Recognition accuracy was significantly better for negative than for neutral stimuli and better after the sleep than the wake condition. There was, however, no difference in the recognition accuracy (neutral and emotional) between the groups. In summary, our data suggest that REM-sleep deprivation was successful and that the resulting reduction of REM-sleep had no influence on memory consolidation whatsoever.
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