How emotions impact sleep: A quantitative review of experiments

Z Krizan, NA Boehm, CB Strauel - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Although sleep and emotional processes are recognized as mutually dependent, the causal
impact of emotions on sleep has been comparatively neglected. To appraise evidence for …

The promise of portable remote auditory stimulation tools to enhance slow‐wave sleep and prevent cognitive decline

CJ Zeller, MA Züst, M Wunderlin… - Journal of sleep …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dementia is the seventh leading cause of mortality, and a major source of disability and
dependency in older individuals globally. Cognitive decline (and, to a lesser extent, normal …

Auditory deep sleep stimulation in older adults at home: a randomized crossover trial

C Lustenberger, ML Ferster, S Huwiler… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Auditory stimulation has emerged as a promising tool to enhance non-
invasively sleep slow waves, deep sleep brain oscillations that are tightly linked to sleep …

Using wearable technology (closed loop acoustic stimulation) to improve sleep quality and work outcomes.

CM Barnes, C Guarana, J Lee… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Drawing from the neuroscience literature and recent advancements in sleep technology, we
examine how closed loop acoustic stimulation can improve employee sleep and subsequent …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-loop modulation of local slow oscillations in human NREM sleep

S Ruch, FJ Schmidig, L Knüsel, K Henke - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Slow-wave sleep is the deep non-rapid eye-movement (NREM) sleep stage that is most
relevant for the recuperative function of sleep. Its defining property is the presence of slow …

Coupled sleep rhythms for memory consolidation

BP Staresina - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
How do passing moments turn into lasting memories? Sheltered from external tasks and
distractions, sleep constitutes an optimal state for the brain to reprocess and consolidate …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-loop auditory stimulation of sleep slow oscillations: basic principles and best practices

MJ Esfahani, S Farboud, HVV Ngo, J Schneider… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sleep is essential for our physical and mental well-being. During sleep, despite the paucity
of overt behavior, our brain remains active and exhibits a wide range of coupled brain …

Modulating overnight memory consolidation by acoustic stimulation during slow-wave sleep: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Wunderlin, MA Züst, E Hertenstein, KD Fehér… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives The low-frequency high-amplitude oscillations of slow-wave sleep
(SWS) are considered to promote the consolidation of episodic memory. Previous research …

[HTML][HTML] The role of slow wave sleep in the development of dementia and its potential for preventative interventions

M Wunderlin, MA Züst, KD Fehér, S Klöppel… - Psychiatry Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing incidence rate of dementia underlines the necessity to identify early
biomarkers of imminent cognitive decline. Recent findings suggest that cognitive decline …

Acoustically evoked K-complexes together with sleep spindles boost verbal declarative memory consolidation in healthy adults

S Leach, E Krugliakova, G Sousouri, S Snipes… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Over the past decade, phase-targeted auditory stimulation (PTAS), a neuromodulation
approach which presents auditory stimuli locked to the ongoing phase of slow waves during …