The memories that we retain can serve many functions. They guide our future actions, form a
scaffold for constructing the self, and continue to shape both the self and the way we …

Highlights•Current studies failed to replicate large effects of sleep-mediated memory
benefits.•Sleep benefits memory only under specific boundary conditions.•Sleep's effect on …

Memory consolidation during sleep is thought to depend on the coordinated interplay
between cortical slow waves, thalamocortical sleep spindles and hippocampal ripples, but …

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 …

Cognitive functions are increasingly understood to involve coordinated activity patterns
between multiple brain regions, and their disruption by neuropsychiatric disorders is …

The restorative function of sleep is shaped by its duration, timing, continuity, subjective
quality, and efficiency. Current sleep recommendations specify only nocturnal duration and …

The experimental study of electroencephalographic slow wave sleep (SWS) stretches over
more than half a century and has corroborated its importance for basic physiological …

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 …

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 …

Recent years have witnessed a surge in human sleep electroencephalography (EEG)
studies, employing increasingly sophisticated analysis strategies to relate …