The role of REM sleep in the processing of emotional memories: Evidence from behavior and event-related potentials

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 99, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-9

  Groch, S ^a,b   Wilhelm, I ^a,b   Diekelmann, S ^a,b   Born, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arousal; EEG ERP; Emotion; Memory; REM sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONALITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RECOGNITION; REM SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870496142     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.10.006     Document Type: Article

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