People recall more information after sleep than after an equally long period of wakefulness.
This sleep benefit in episodic memory has been documented in almost a century of …

Sleep has a crucial role in brain functioning and cognition, and several sleep
electroencephalography (EEG) hallmarks are associated with intellectual abilities, neural …

Naps have been shown to benefit visuospatial learning in early childhood. This benefit has
been associated with sleep spindles during the nap. However, whether young children's …

Neurophysiological mechanisms are increasingly understood to constitute the foundations
of human conscious experience. These include the capacity for ongoing memory, achieved …

The architecture of sleep undergoes distinct changes during childhood and early
adolescence. Slow wave sleep is involved in memory processing and may support active …

In adults, the synchronized interplay of sleep spindles (SP) and slow oscillations (SO)
supports memory consolidation. Given tremendous developmental changes in SP and SO …

For retention intervals of up to 12 h, the active systems consolidation hypothesis predicts that
sleep compared to wakefulness strengthens the context binding of memories previously …

Episodic Memory (EM) allows us to revive a past event through mental time-travel. The
neural correlates of memories recollection have been identified in hippocampal regions and …

In diesem Überblicksartikel beschäftigen wir uns mit einer der wichtigsten Aufgaben des
Schlafs, nämlich der Förderung kognitiver Prozesse bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Bislang …

Schlafstörungen stellen ein häufiges Phänomen im Kindes-und Jugendalter dar. Vor allem
Insomnien und Parasomnien kommen in dieser Altersgruppe häufig vor …