Sleep, Learning and Memory
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Sleep function remains elusive despite our rapidly increasing comprehension of the processes generating and maintaining the different sleep stages. Several lines of evidence support the hypothesis that sleep is involved in the off-line... more
Memory consolidation is greatly influenced by an adequate quantity and quality of sleep. There are a number of studies that have looked at the effects of night time time sleep as well as afternoon naps on learning especially memory, but... more
The following document offers a new perspective on Freud's botanical monograph dream based on the following assumptions: 1. The dream is an example of partial REM content since it probably related to only the last part of Freud's last... more
George Mason University (GMU) can't inspire students toward greater academic achievement if they don’t get enough sleep. Nap Rooms are the answer. But how will the benefits be tracked and demonstrated over time? An interdisciplinary... more
"Objectives: Explore the psychometric properties of a sleep quality index to be used with the elderly population. Methods: 99 elderly (mean age, M=78.65; SD= 6.92; range=60-95) under social responses in institutions from Coimbra Council... more
This paper explores the content of the somniloquies of Dion McGregor, the most extensive sleep talker ever recorded, and compares these with dream content from normative male dreams on the Hall and van de Castle Content Scales (1966) and... more
"We assessed 99 institutionalized elderly to analyze the influence of subjective sleep aspects on several measures of cognitive functioning. Sleep problems were common, including trouble in falling asleep, sleep fragmentation, short... more
The following document offers the second part of a minimally updated version of a theory of sleep-related memory processing that was essentially developed in the 1970s. Its possible pertinence to current research derives from the... more
The following document offers the first part of a minimally updated version of a theory of sleep-related memory processing that was essentially developed in the 1970s. Its possible pertinence to current research derives from the following... more
Here our goal was to determine the magnitude of sleep-related motor skill enhancement. Performance on the finger tapping task (FTT) was evaluated after a 90 min daytime nap (n=15) or after quiet wakefulness (n=15). By introducing a slight... more
"Objectives: To describe subjective sleep quality and explore the associations between several correlates and sleep quality in an institutionalised elderly sample. Methods: We evaluated 99 institutionalised elderly from Coimbra Council,... more
My documents posted on this website are mostly devoted to the sleep research I conducted in the 1970s. Thanks to intervening advances, many sleep researchers have ceased taking issue with the position I took nearly 50 years ago that... more
The following document offers an introduction to a minimally updated version of a theory of sleep-related memory processing that was essentially developed in the 1970s. Its possible pertinence to current research derives from the... more