Awake reactivation of prior experiences consolidates memories and biases cognition
After experiences are encoded into memory, post-encoding reactivation mechanisms have
been proposed to mediate long-term memory stabilization and transformation. Spontaneous …
been proposed to mediate long-term memory stabilization and transformation. Spontaneous …
Offline memory consolidation during waking rest
EJ Wamsley - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
People spend approximately half of their waking hours in a so-called offline state—
daydreaming, mind wandering or otherwise inattentive to their surroundings. These activities …
daydreaming, mind wandering or otherwise inattentive to their surroundings. These activities …
Memory consolidation during waking rest
EJ Wamsley - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Recent studies show that brief periods of rest after learning facilitate consolidation of new
memories. This effect is associated with memory-related brain activity during quiet rest and …
memories. This effect is associated with memory-related brain activity during quiet rest and …
[HTML][HTML] Boosting long-term memory via wakeful rest: intentional rehearsal is not necessary, consolidation is sufficient
People perform better on tests of delayed free recall if learning is followed immediately by a
short wakeful rest than by a short period of sensory stimulation. Animal and human work …
short wakeful rest than by a short period of sensory stimulation. Animal and human work …
'Sleep-dependent'memory consolidation? Brief periods of post-training rest and sleep provide an equivalent benefit for both declarative and procedural memory
SY Wang, KC Baker, JL Culbreth, O Tracy… - Learning & …, 2021 - learnmem.cshlp.org
Sleep following learning facilitates the consolidation of memories. This effect has often been
attributed to sleep-specific factors, such as the presence of sleep spindles or slow waves in …
attributed to sleep-specific factors, such as the presence of sleep spindles or slow waves in …
Rest boosts the long‐term retention of spatial associative and temporal order information
People retain more new verbal episodic information for at least 7 days if they rest for a few
minutes after learning than if they attend to new information. It is hypothesized that rest …
minutes after learning than if they attend to new information. It is hypothesized that rest …
Wakeful rest promotes the integration of spatial memories into accurate cognitive maps
Flexible spatial navigation, eg the ability to take novel shortcuts, is contingent upon accurate
mental representations of environments‐cognitive maps. These cognitive maps critically …
mental representations of environments‐cognitive maps. These cognitive maps critically …
An online experiment that presents challenges for translating rest-related gains in visual detail memory from the laboratory to naturalistic settings
E Leetham, T Watermeyer, M Craig - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
New memories are labile and consolidate over time. Contemporary findings demonstrate
that, like sleep, awake quiescence supports consolidation: people remember more new …
that, like sleep, awake quiescence supports consolidation: people remember more new …
Brief targeted memory reactivation during the awake state enhances memory stability and benefits the weakest memories
Reactivation of representations corresponding to recent experience is thought to be a critical
mechanism supporting long-term memory stabilization. Targeted memory reactivation, or the …
mechanism supporting long-term memory stabilization. Targeted memory reactivation, or the …
Rest on it: Awake quiescence facilitates insight
Many scientific discoveries have been explained by a sudden gaining of insight with regards
to an ongoing problem. Insight is characterised by a mental restructuring of acquired …
to an ongoing problem. Insight is characterised by a mental restructuring of acquired …