ArticleNeurobiology of learning and memory2018
The role of sleep in emotional memory processing in middle age.
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- Preferential consolidation of emotional reactivity during sleep: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Preferential Consolidation of Emotional Memory During Sleep: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Sleep Preserves Physiological Arousal in Emotional Memory.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
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- Nighttime is the right time: the time interval to overnight sleep following an embarrassing experience does not influence long-term emotional responses to its reactivated episode.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Article
- Illustrations of interactions needed when investigating sleep using a type of AM-PM PM-AM design.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2023Review
- The modulation of emotional memory consolidation by dream affect.Frontiers in sleep · 2023Article
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- Sleep preferentially consolidates negative aspects of human memory: Well-powered evidence from two large online experiments.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- The Role of Working Memory in Age-Related Emotional Memory Bias.Affective science · 2022Article
- Investigating the effects of sleep and sleep loss on the different stages of episodic emotional memory: A narrative review and guide to the future.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2022Review
- Does Sleep Selectively Strengthen Certain Memories Over Others Based on Emotion and Perceived Future Relevance?Nature and science of sleep · 2021Review
- Sleep preserves subjective and sympathetic emotional response of memories.Neurobiology of learning and memory · 2019Article
- The Interaction of REM Fragmentation and Night-Time Arousal Modulates Sleep-Dependent Emotional Memory Consolidation.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Dynamic Contributions of Slow Wave Sleep and REM Sleep to Cognitive Longevity.Current sleep medicine reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
Sleep benefits memory in young adults, and this effect may be particularly strong for representations associated with negative emotion. Many aspects of sleep important for memory consolidation change with aging, particularly by middle age, suggesting that sleep-related consolidation may be reduced. However, the influence of sleep on memory has rarely been investigated in a middle-aged population. In the current study, young and middle-aged adults viewed negative and neutral pictures and underwent a recognition test after sleep or wake. Subjective emotional reactivity was also measured. Compared to waking, sleep benefited memory in young adults. Performance did not differ between sleep and wake groups in middle-aged adults, and it matched the level of young adults who slept. The effect of sleep versus wake was not influenced by memory valence in either age group. These results suggest the relative influence of sleep compared to wake on memory declines with aging, specifically by middle age, and that this decline extends to negative memory.
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