Sleep, Memory and Emotion

• resistant

• reactivate

• resistant

• reactivate

• Memories tested after a night of sleep are more _____ to interference

• Re-exposure to stimuli during sleep can improve recall and _______ the hippocampus

• episodic

• reactivating

• Neocortical structures store consolidated _______ memories

• Hippocampus plays a critical role in _______ these networks during sleep.

increased, interference

Overnight consolidation during sleep leads to _______ cortico-cortical connections, making declarative memories more resistant to ________ the next day.

Synaptic Homeostasis Hypothesis

Sleep regulates synaptic connectivity, with slow-wave activity promoting the decrease of synaptic connections. Sleep prevents synaptic over-potentiation and facilitates memory consolidation.

• lexical

• abstraction

Sleep:

• Integrates related but novel phonemes into long-term ______ memory stores

• Supports the _______ of commonalities and general patterns in new information.

creativity

REM sleep promotes associative processes and semantic integration, allowing for _______

emotional

Sleep selectively favors the retention of previously learned _______ texts

not, hyperarousal

In PTSD patients, the process of separating the affective tone from the emotional experience is ______ accomplished, leading to continued _________ reactions to trauma cues.