The influence of sleep on the consolidation of positive emotional memories: Preliminary evidence

AIMS Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 39-51

  Chambers, Alexis M ^a   Payne, Jessica D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Emotion; Memory; Positive emotion; Sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906351606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23737972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/Neuroscience.2014.1.39     Document Type: Article

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