Sleep; Memory; Brain-Computer Interface (BCI); Human; Reactivation; Oscillations; High-density EEG
Göldi Maurice, van Poppel Eva Anna Maria, Rasch Björn, Schreiner Thomas (2019), Increased neuronal signatures of targeted memory reactivation during slow-wave up states, in
Scientific Reports, 9(1), 2715-2715.
Göldi Maurice, Rasch Björn (2019), Effects of targeted memory reactivation during sleep at home depend on sleep disturbances and habituation, in
npj Science of Learning, 4(1), 5-5.
Ackermann Sandra, Cordi Maren, La Marca Roberto, Seifritz Erich, Rasch Björn (2019), Psychosocial Stress Before a Nap Increases Sleep Latency and Decreases Early Slow-Wave Activity, in
Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1.
Cordi Maren Jasmin, Schreiner Thomas, Rasch Björn (2018), No effect of vocabulary reactivation in older adults, in
Neuropsychologia, 119, 253-261.
Schreiner Thomas, Doeller Christian F., Jensen Ole, Rasch Björn, Staudigl Tobias (2018), Theta Phase-Coordinated Memory Reactivation Reoccurs in a Slow-Oscillatory Rhythm during NREM Sleep, in
Cell Reports, 25(2), 296-301.
Schoch Sarah F., Cordi Maren J., Schredl Michael, Rasch Björn (2018), The effect of dream report collection and dream incorporation on memory consolidation during sleep, in
Journal of Sleep Research, e12754-e12754.
Schreiner Thomas, Rasch Björn (2018), To gain or not to gain – The complex role of sleep for memory, in
Cortex, 101, 282-287.
Schoch Sarah F., Cordi Maren J., Rasch Björn (2017), Modulating influences of memory strength and sensitivity of the retrieval test on the detectability of the sleep consolidation effect, in
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 145, 181-189.
Gvozdanovic Geraldine A., Stämpfli Philipp, Seifritz Erich, Rasch Björn (2017), Neural correlates of experimental trauma memory retrievalTrauma Memory and fMRI, in
Human Brain Mapping, 38(7), 3592-3602.
Rasch Björn (ed.) (2017),
Sleep and language learning, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Schreiner Thomas, Rasch Björn (2017), The beneficial role of memory reactivation for language learning during sleep: A review, in
Brain and Language, 167, 94-105.
Göldi Maurice, Schreiner Thomas (2017), Clicking the brain into deep sleep. Commentary on Weigenand et al . (), in
European Journal of Neuroscience, 45(5), 629-630.
AxmacherNikolai, RaschBjörn (2017),
Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Consolidation, Springer International Publishing, Cham.
SchreinerThomas, LehmannMick, RaschBjörn (2017), Reinforcing language learning during sleep, in Axmacher Nikolai, Rasch Björn (ed.), Elsevier International Publishing, Cham, 347-366.
Lehmann Mick, Schreiner Thomas, Seifritz Erich, Rasch Björn (2016), Emotional arousal modulates oscillatory correlates of targeted memory reactivation during NREM, but not REM sleep, in
Scientific Reports, 6(1), 39229-39229.
Rihm Julia S., Sollberger Silja B., Soravia Leila M., Rasch Björn (2016), Re-presentation of Olfactory Exposure Therapy Success Cues during Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep did not Increase Therapy Outcome but Increased Sleep Spindles, in
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 340.
Lehmann Mick, Seifritz Erich, Rasch Björn (2016), Sleep benefits emotional and neutral associative memories equally, in
Somnologie, 20(1), 47-53.
Jurewicz Katarzyna, Cordi Maren Jasmin, Staudigl Tobias, Rasch Björn (2016), No Evidence for Memory Decontextualization across One Night of Sleep, in
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 10, 7.
Schreiner Thomas, Lehmann Mick, Rasch Björn (2015), Auditory feedback blocks memory benefits of cueing during sleep, in
Nature Communications, 6(1), 8729-8729.
Memory formation crucially depends on oscillatory processes of temporally organized neural firing patterns of neuronal assemblies. In addition, coordinated interactions between low- (~ 4 Hz - 15 Hz) and high-frequency (> 30 Hz, i.e., gamma range) rhythmic neural activity have been proposed as a possible mechanism for the control and representation of mnemonic contents during wakefulness. During sleep, a fine-tuned interaction between hippocampal memory reactivations, thalamic spindle activity (13 - 15 Hz) and cortical slow oscillations (< 1 Hz) is assumed to underlie the beneficial effect of sleep on memory. A causal role of memory reactivations is supported by studies showing that inducing reactivations during sleep by cueing improves memory formation. However, the oscillatory mechanisms of “successful” memory reactivation during sleep underlying the subsequent strengthening of memory traces by reactivation are currently unknown. In this project we aim at identifying the oscillatory underpinnings of successful memory reactivations during sleep. Similar to previous studies on the “subsequent memory effect” (SME) during wakefulness, we will focus on the oscillatory correlates as well as changes in cross-frequency coupling of the “subsequent memory effect of reactivation” (SME-R) during sleep, i.e. by comparing neural signals during reactivation of subsequently remembered vs. forgotten items. In the planned experiments, we will (a) specify and characterize the oscillatory correlates of SME-R depending on different pre-reactivation microstates (up- vs. down-state of slow oscillation as inferred from surface slow waves) during several sleep macro-states (N3 vs. N2 vs. rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep) and (b) experimental induce different oscillatory patterns after the SME-R period to examine a possible causal role for SME-R related oscillatory activity (slow wave activity, spindle activity, theta activity) for later memory improvements. In addition, we will relate the SME-R during sleep to oscillatory correlates of the SME during learning as well as during retrieval testing. The results of this project will greatly enhance our theoretical understanding of the oscillatory mechanisms underlying successful memory reactivation and strengthening during sleep, and will integrate these processes with current accounts on oscillatory processes involved in memory retention during wakefulness. Furthermore, by possibly identifying that combined induction of an oscillatory pattern + reactivation improves memory consolidation during sleep, the results of this project might also have important clinical implications for patients with memory impairments and/or sleep disorders.