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ArticleThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2025

Slow Oscillation-Spindle Coupling Predicts Sequence-Based Language Learning.

Zachariah R Cross, Randolph F Helfrich, Andrew W Corcoran, Adam J O Dede, Mark J Kohler, Scott W Coussens, Lena Zou-Williams, Matthias Schlesewsky, Gareth M Gaskell, Robert T Knight and 1 more

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Article in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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11 authors.

Zachariah R CrossCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5072, Australia zachariah.cross@northwestern.edu.
Randolph F HelfrichCenter for Neurology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen 72076, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8045-3111
Andrew W CorcoranCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5072, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0449-4883
Adam J O DedeDepartment of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
Mark J KohlerFaculty of Health and Medical Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
Scott W CoussensCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5072, Australia.
Lena Zou-WilliamsCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5072, Australia.
Matthias SchlesewskyCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5072, Australia.
Gareth M GaskellDepartment of Psychology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Robert T KnightDepartment of Psychology, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-1650.
Ina Bornkessel-SchlesewskyCognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia 5072, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3238-6492

Funding

Attention, Orientation and the Human Prefrontal CortexR01NS021135 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI Robert Thomas Knight · 1985 to 2026
$6.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS021135
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sentence comprehension involves the decoding of both semantic and grammatical information, a process fundamental to communication. As with other complex cognitive processes, language comprehension relies, in part, on long-term memory. However, the electrophysiological mechanisms underpinning the encoding and generalization of higher-order linguistic knowledge remain elusive, particularly from a sleep-based consolidation perspective. One candidate mechanism that may support the consolidation of higher-order language is the coordination of slow oscillations (SO) and sleep spindles during nonrapid eye movement sleep (NREM). To examine this hypothesis, we analyzed electroencephalographic (EEG) data recorded from 35 participants (

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LanguageLearningAdultElectroencephalographyFemaleHumansMaleMemory ConsolidationSleepYoung Adultcross-frequency couplinglanguage learningneural oscillationssentence processingsleep and memory

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PMID39572236
PMCPMC11735671

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