Bernhard P. Staresina

The human hippocampus retroactively binds experiences across time

The paper shows that hippocampal high-frequency activity predicts later memory when a second event arrives, reinstate preceding stimuli, and is coupled to successful encoding.

Sleep spindles enhance latent working memory representations

This study shows that longer sleep spindle duration during NREM sleep improves post-sleep working memory performance and decoding of latent memory representations.

Hippocampal ripples evoke a stereotyped cortical response followed by spindle-mediated network synchronization.

The paper shows hippocampal ripples trigger a two-step cortical response during sleep, followed by spindle-mediated network synchronization, and demonstrates this can be detected noninvasively with scalp EEG.

Sleep ripples drive single-neuron reactivation for human memory consolidation

This study shows that sleep ripples drive single-neuron reactivation in humans, supporting memory consolidation and highlighting sleep's role in stabilizing memories.

Respiration shapes the neural dynamics of successful remembering in humans.

This study shows respiration influences neural dynamics during memory retrieval, with key brain signals linked to memory performance being synchronized with the respiratory cycle.

Hippocampal ripples during offline periods predict human motor sequence learning

This study shows that hippocampal ripples during rest periods correlate with motor sequence learning in humans.

Characterizing neuronal and population responses to electrical stimulation in the human hippocampo-cortical network

This study examines neuronal and population responses to electrical stimulation in the human hippocampo-cortical network using single neuron activity and local field potentials in epilepsy patients.

Sleep strengthens successor representations of learned sequences

The paper shows that sleep enhances successor representations of learned sequences, with stronger memory performance linked to increased slow-wave sleep.

Human sleep spindles track experimentally excited brain circuits

This study shows that excitatory brain stimulation before sleep increases spindle activity in the stimulated cortical regions during sleep, indicating spindles can be directed by external excitation.

Slow wave sleep supports the reorganisation of episodic memory networks

This study shows that slow wave sleep correlates with memory reorganisation, as evidenced by shifts in alpha power and functional connectivity during recall.

Hippocampal neurons code individual episodic memories in humans

The paper identifies hippocampal neurons that code for discrete episodic memories using rate or temporal firing codes, rather than individual elements within an episode.

Respiration shapes sleep-oscillations and memory reactivation in humans.

This study shows respiration modulates sleep oscillations and memory reactivation in humans by enhancing slow oscillations, spindles, and their coupling during inhalation peaks.

How coupled slow oscillations, spindles and ripples control neuronal processing and communication during human sleep

The paper shows how slow oscillations, spindles, and ripples coordinate to enhance neuronal firing rates, cross-correlations, and cross-regional interactions during human sleep.

Oscillations support short latency co-firing of neurons during human episodic memory formation.

This study shows that theta and gamma oscillations in the medial temporal lobe correlate with short-latency co-firing of neurons during successful episodic memory encoding.

Post-encoding reactivation promotes one-shot learning of episodes in humans

This study shows that post-encoding memory reinstatement in humans predicts recall of meaningful episodic sequences but not shuffled ones.

Ripple-locked coactivity of stimulus-specific neurons supports human associative memory

The paper identifies stimulus-specific neurons that show ripple-locked coactivity during associative memory encoding and retrieval in humans.

Stress diminishes outcome but enhances response representations during instrumental learning

The paper shows stress reduces outcome representations but enhances response representations during instrumental learning, linked to habitual responding.

Sleep spindles track cortical learning patterns for memory consolidation

The paper shows that sleep spindles correlate with learning patterns and predict memory consolidation in humans.

Fronto-medial theta coordinates posterior maintenance of working memory content

This study shows that fronto-medial theta oscillations coordinate posterior maintenance of working memory content, with increased load leading to higher theta power and slower frequency.

The hippocampus as the switchboard between perception and memory

The paper identifies hippocampal gamma power as a marker of the switch from perceptual cues to mnemonic representations during memory recall, revealing hippocampal-cortical dynamics.

Theta rhythmicity governs the timing of behavioral and hippocampal responses in humans specifically during memory-dependent tasks

The paper shows that behavioral responses during memory tasks in humans exhibit rhythmicity tied to hippocampal theta oscillations, specifically for correctly remembered trials.

Disentangling the roles of neocortical alpha/beta and hippocampal theta/gamma oscillations in human episodic memory formation

This study investigates the roles of neocortical alpha/beta and hippocampal theta/gamma oscillations in episodic memory formation using MEG recordings during a sequence-learning task.

A neural code for egocentric spatial maps in the human medial temporal lobe

The paper identifies 'anchor cells' in the human medial temporal lobe that encode egocentric spatial maps during virtual navigation.

Autobiographical memory reactivation in empathy: EEG and fMRI evidence

The paper investigates whether autobiographical memory reactivation occurs during empathy, finding evidence through EEG and fMRI that AM reactivation is linked to higher empathy ratings.

Endogenous memory reactivation during sleep in humans is clocked by slow oscillation spindle complexes.

This study shows that endogenous memory reactivation during sleep is linked to slow oscillation spindle complexes and predicts memory consolidation in humans.

Auditory beat stimulation modulates memory-related single-neuron activity in the human medial temporal lobe

The paper examines how auditory beat stimulation affects memory-related neuron activity in the human medial temporal lobe, finding negative correlations between beat stimulation and memory performance in specific brain regions.

Alpha/beta power decreases during episodic memory formation predict the magnitude of alpha/beta power decreases during subsequent retrieval

The paper shows that alpha/beta power decreases during encoding predict similar decreases during retrieval in episodic memory tasks.

Sleep spindles mediate hippocampal-neocortical coupling during sharp-wave ripples

The paper investigates how sleep spindles facilitate hippocampal-neocortical communication during sharp-wave ripples, showing increased coupling and directional influence from neocortex to hippocampus.

Phase-based coordination of hippocampal and neocortical oscillations during human sleep

The paper identifies three classes of phase-based communication between hippocampal and neocortical regions during sleep, highlighting the role of hippocampal slow oscillations in memory consolidation.

Alpha rhythms reveal when, where and how memories are retrieved

This paper uses MEG to show that alpha rhythms track different memory retrieval outcomes in time and space, revealing a hippocampal-to-parietal signal sequence during recall.