Elizabeth Ann McDevitt

This study investigates whether REM sleep facilitates hippocampal memory differentiation after prediction errors, finding greater differentiation in REM sleep conditions in specific hippocampal regions.

The paper shows that during rest, the human hippocampus replays weakly-learned memories more, which predicts better memory performance and relates to memory improvement after sleep.

The paper identifies coordinated autonomic and central events during NREM sleep that predict declarative memory consolidation.

This study shows sleep enhances memory for shared category properties while preserving unique exemplar information, with effects influenced by REM and non-REM sleep.