Targeted memory reactivation in REM but not SWS selectively reduces arousal responses

Hutchison et al. played sounds, which were paired with either emotionally negative or neutral images, to participants during either REM or slow-wave stages of sleep. They demonstrated that such targeted memory reactivation during REM sleep, but not slow-wave sleep, significantly decreased arousal. T...

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Main Authors: Isabel C. Hutchison, Stefania Pezzoli, Maria-Efstratia Tsimpanouli, Mahmoud E. A. Abdellahi, Penelope A. Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01854-3