Post-encoding slow-wave amplitude during a daytime nap predicts pattern completion from sparse visual cues
Annika Hanert, Yasmin Fiedler, Johannes Hacker, Paula Vieweg, Anya Pedersen, Jan Born A, Andrea Burgalossi, Thorsten Bartsch
The paper tests if post-encoding sleep improves visual pattern completion from degraded cues and finds that slow-wave amplitude during sleep predicts better consolidation of learned scenes under maximal degradation.
bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience