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Memory Manipulation During Sleep: Fundamental Advances and Possibilities for Application

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Sleep is critically involved in cognitive functioning through content-specific information processing. Importantly, recent findings consistently show that these processes can be actively manipulated. For instance, by interfering with brain activity directly, or by presenting memory cues during sleep. This chapter will discuss recent advances in this field, considering basic research in both animals and human participants. Initial steps toward possible applications of sleep-related memory manipulations will also be discussed.

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  1. Brain and Cognition Group, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Lucia M. Talamini

  2. Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Lucia M. Talamini

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  1. Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Nikolai Axmacher

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    Björn Rasch

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Talamini, L.M. (2017). Memory Manipulation During Sleep: Fundamental Advances and Possibilities for Application. In: Axmacher, N., Rasch, B. (eds) Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory Consolidation. Studies in Neuroscience, Psychology and Behavioral Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45066-7_19

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