State of the art on targeted memory reactivation: Sleep your way to enhanced cognition

Schouten, Daphne I., Pereira, Sofia I.R., Tops, Mattie and Louzada, Fernando M. 2017. State of the art on targeted memory reactivation: Sleep your way to enhanced cognition. Sleep Medicine Reviews 32 , pp. 123-131. 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.04.002

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Abstract

Targeted memory reactivation is a fairly simple technique that has the potential to influence the course of memory formation through application of cues during sleep. Studies have shown that cueing memory during sleep can lead to either an enhanced or decreased representation of the information encoded in the targeted networks, depending on experimental variations. The effects have been associated with sleep parameters and accompanied by activation of memory related brain areas. The findings suggest a causal role of neuronal replay in memory consolidation and provide evidence for the active system consolidation hypothesis. However, the observed inconsistencies across studies suggest that further research is warranted regarding the underlying neural mechanisms and optimal conditions for the application of targeted memory reactivation. The goal of the present review is to integrate the currently available experimental data and to provide an overview of this technique's limitations and pitfalls, as well as its potential applications in everyday use and clinical treatment. Exploring the open questions herein identified should lead to insight into safer and more effective ways of adjusting memory representations to better suit individual needs.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	1087-0792
Date of Acceptance:	13 April 2016
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2024 03:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/142753

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