The Effect of Sleep and Emotion on Pattern Separation

Authors

Sarah Al-Shimary, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Alanna Osmanski, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Description

The relationship between sleep and memory has been a topic of interest in psychology for decades. Prior research demonstrates that the sleep state is an optimal time for memory consolidation to occur, most commonly through a model known as active systems consolidation. A widely accepted view of emotion is that sleep preferentially consolidations emotional over neutral material. Recent meta-analyses of sleep, emotion, and memory have suggested that this effect may not be as robust as we once thought. A new way to investigate the relationship between sleep and memory consolidation of emotional stimuli is with a pattern separation task known as the Mnemonic Familiarity Task (MST).

Publisher Location

Las Vegas (Nev.)

Publication Date

Spring 4-28-2023

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

Keywords

Memory Consolidation;Active Systems Consolidation; MST; Pattern Separation

Disciplines

Child Psychology | Cognition and Perception

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pdf

File Size

680 KB

Comments

Fauclty Mentor: Colleen Parks

Recommended Citation

Al-Shimary, Sarah and Osmanski, Alanna, "The Effect of Sleep and Emotion on Pattern Separation" (2023). Undergraduate Research Symposium Posters. 155.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/durep_posters/155

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