[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analyses on the effects of afternoon napping on cognition

RLF Leong, JC Lo, MWL Chee - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Naps are increasingly considered a means to boost cognitive performance. We quantified
the cognitive effects of napping in 60 samples from 54 studies. 52 samples evaluated …

Links between the brain and body during sleep: implications for memory processing

LN Whitehurst, A Subramoniam, A Krystal… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Sleep is intimately related to memory processes. The established view is that the
transformation of experiences into long-term memories is linked to sleep-related CNS …

Enhancing working memory training with transcranial direct current stimulation

J Au, B Katz, M Buschkuehl, K Bunarjo… - Journal of cognitive …, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
Working memory (WM) is a fundamental cognitive ability that supports complex thought but
is limited in capacity. Thus, WM training interventions have become very popular as a means …

Understanding the roles of central and autonomic activity during sleep in the improvement of working memory and episodic memory

PC Chen, J Zhang, JF Thayer… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The last decade has seen significant progress in identifying sleep mechanisms that support
cognition. Most of these studies focus on the link between electrophysiological events of the …

Remembering to forget: a dual role for sleep oscillations in memory consolidation and forgetting

JJ Langille - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
It has been known since the time of patient HM and Karl Lashley's equipotentiality studies
that the hippocampus and cortex serve mnestic functions. Current memory models maintain …

Effects of an afternoon nap on sustained attention and working memory: the role of physiological arousal and sleep variables

T Ru, L Qian, Q Chen, H Sun, G Zhou - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Taking a short midday nap has been associated with higher alertness and better cognitive
task performance. Yet, the mechanisms associated with nap-dependent performance …

Decoding information about cognitive health from the brainwaves of sleep

N Adra, LW Dümmer, L Paixao, RA Tesh, H Sun… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Sleep electroencephalogram (EEG) signals likely encode brain health information that may
identify individuals at high risk for age-related brain diseases. Here, we evaluate the …

Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of daridorexant in Japanese subjects: Results from phase 1 and 2 studies

M Uchiyama, K Mishima, T Yagi… - Journal of Sleep …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Daridorexant is a dual orexin receptor antagonist for the treatment of insomnia. We report
results from the first two randomised, double‐blind clinical studies of daridorexant in …

Effects of multisession prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation on long-term memory and working memory in older adults

J Au, RN Smith-Peirce, E Carbone, A Moon… - Journal of cognitive …, 2022 - direct.mit.edu
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a noninvasive form of electrical brain
stimulation popularly used to augment the effects of working memory (WM) training …

Excessive daytime napping independently associated with decreased insulin sensitivity in cross-sectional study–Hyogo Sleep Cardio-Autonomic Atherosclerosis …

M Kakutani-Hatayama, M Kadoya… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Although excessive daytime napping has been shown to be involved in
diabetes occurrence, its impact on insulin secretion and sensitivity has not been elucidated …