Mahmoud E. A. Abdellahi

Targeted memory reactivation elicits temporally compressed reactivation linked to spindles

This study investigates memory reactivation during sleep using targeted memory reactivation, finding faster reactivation and an inverted-U relationship between encoding strength and memory improvement.

Your Emotions, My Brain: Generalizable Neural Signatures of Emotional Memory Reactivation During Sleep

The paper detects emotional memory reactivation during sleep using EEG and machine learning, identifying shared neural signatures across participants without individual fine-tuning.

Disarming emotional memories using Targeted Memory Reactivation during Rapid Eye Movement sleep

This study shows that targeted memory reactivation during REM sleep reduces emotional responses by decreasing brain activity and physiological arousal to emotional stimuli.

Targeted memory reactivation in human REM sleep elicits detectable reactivation

This study uses targeted memory reactivation to detect memory reactivation in human REM sleep, finding it mediated by high theta activity and linked to improved overnight performance.

Targeting targeted memory reactivation: characteristics of cued reactivation in sleep

This study investigates the characteristics of cued memory reactivation during sleep and identifies optimal cue timing for enhancing memory through targeted reactivation.

Cueing motor memory reactivation during NREM sleep engenders learning-related changes in precuneus and sensorimotor structures

This study shows that reactivating motor memory during sleep increases precuneus activation and predicts long-term benefits, while also causing structural and functional changes in sensorimotor cortex.

Targeted memory reactivation of a serial reaction time task in SWS, but not REM, preferentially benefits the non-dominant hand

This study shows that targeted memory reactivation during slow-wave sleep improves performance in a serial reaction time task, particularly for the non-dominant hand, while REM sleep does not provide similar benefits.