Guttesen, Anna, Denis, Dan orcid.org/0000-0003-3740-7587, Gaskell, Gareth orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-1427 et al. (1 more author) (2024) Delineating memory reactivation in sleep with verbal and non-verbal retrieval cues. Cerebral Cortex. bhae183. ISSN 1460-2199
Abstract
Sleep supports memory consolidation via the reactivation of newly formed memory traces. One way to investigate memory reactivation in sleep is by exposing the sleeping brain to auditory retrieval cues; a paradigm known as targeted memory reactivation (TMR). To what extent the acoustic properties of memory cues influence the effectiveness of TMR, however, has received limited attention. We addressed this question by exploring how verbal and non-verbal memory cues affect oscillatory activity linked to memory reactivation in sleep. Fifty-one healthy male adults learned to associate visual stimuli with spoken words (verbal cues) and environmental sounds (non-verbal cues). Subsets of the verbal and non-verbal memory cues were then replayed during sleep. The voice of the verbal cues was either matched or mismatched to learning. Memory cues (relative to unheard control cues) prompted an increase in theta/alpha and spindle power, which have been heavily implicated in sleep-associated memory processing. Moreover, verbal memory cues were associated with a stronger increase in spindle power than non-verbal memory cues. There were no significant differences between the matched and mismatched verbal cues. Our findings suggest that verbal memory cues may be most effective for triggering memory reactivation in sleep, as indicated by an amplified spindle response.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC) MR/P020208/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 17 Apr 2024 09:30 |
Last Modified: | 27 Feb 2025 00:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae183 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/cercor/bhae183 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211600 |
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