Tao Xia

Sleep reactivation shapes memories of event and its temporal structure

This study shows that sleep reactivation enhances memory for event content but impairs temporal-order memory, with effects varying over time.

Dissociable reactivation during NREM and REM sleep supports memory consolidation and emotional dissipation

The paper shows that NREM and REM sleep reprocess emotional memories through distinct mechanisms, supporting memory consolidation and emotional regulation.

Sleep reactivation of positive self-evaluation reveals neural-evaluative alignment that varies with depressive symptoms

The paper shows that reactivating positive traits during sleep enhances self-evaluation, but this effect is reduced with higher depressive symptoms.

Closed-loop auditory stimulation during sleep shapes cortical responses and memory consolidation depending on spindle timing

This study shows that timing of auditory stimulation during sleep affects spindle dynamics and memory consolidation, with post-spindle stimulation improving motor memory but not word recall.

Reactivating conflicting evaluative memories during sleep reduces decision ambivalence

This study shows that reactivating conflicting memories during sleep reduces decision ambivalence by integrating them, as evidenced by behavioral and electrophysiological measures.

How sleeping minds decide: state-specific reconfigurations of lexical decision-making

This study uses computational modeling to show how lexical decision-making adapts across different sleep states, revealing state-specific changes in cognitive processing strategies.

Slow-wave sleep and REM sleep differentially contribute to memory representational transformation

This study examines how REM and SWS sleep stages influence memory transformation by analyzing EEG data and representational similarity at item and category levels.

Aversive memories can be weakened during human sleepvia the reactivation of positive interfering memories

This study weakens aversive memories during sleep by reactivating positive memories, reducing recall and increasing positive memory intrusions.

Modulating social learning-induced evaluation updating during human sleep

The paper investigates whether sleep can modulate social learning-induced evaluation changes by reactivating memories during sleep, finding that cue-elicited EEG activity predicts enhanced evaluation updates.

Item-specific memory reactivation during sleep supports memory consolidation in humans

This study identifies item-specific memory reactivation during slow-wave sleep using EEG and shows its role in memory consolidation.

Updating memories of unwanted emotions during human sleep

The paper shows that presenting positive words during NREM sleep can reduce negative affect judgments of unwanted memories, associated with changes in theta and sigma brain activity.

Reactivating Positive Personality Traits During Sleep Promotes Positive Self-Referential Processing

The paper shows that combining wakeful training with sleep-based memory reactivation enhances positive self-referential processing.