Mednick, Sara C.

Sleep-dependent learning: A nap is as good as a night

Mednick, S., Nakayama, K., & Stickgold, R. (2003) · Nature Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 594

REM, not incubation, improves creativity by priming associative networks

Cai, D. J., Mednick, S. A., Harrison, E. M., Kanady, J. C., & Mednick, S. C. (2009) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Cited by 556

Nighttime temperature and human sleep loss in a changing climate

Obradovich, N., Migliorini, R., Mednick, S. C., & Fowler, J. H. (2017) · Science Advances

Climate Change and Health ImpactsSleep and related disorders

Cited by 471

The restorative effect of naps on perceptual deterioration

Mednick, S. C., Nakayama, K., Cantero, J. L., Atienza, M., Levin, A. A., Pathak, N., & Stickgold, R. (2002) · Nature Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchVisual perception and processing mechanisms

Cited by 360

An opportunistic theory of cellular and systems consolidation

Mednick, S. C., Cai, D. J., Shuman, T., Anagnostaras, S., & Wixted, J. T. (2011) · Trends in Neurosciences

Memory and Neural MechanismsSleep and Wakefulness Research

Cited by 267

Personality and healthy sleep: the importance of conscientiousness and neuroticism

Duggan, K. A., Friedman, H. S., McDevitt, E. A., & Mednick, S. C. (2014) · PLoS ONE

Sleep and related disordersPersonality Traits and Psychology

Cited by 211

Pharmacologically increasing sleep spindles enhances recognition for negative and high-arousal memories

Kaestner, E. J., Wixted, J. T., & Mednick, S. C. (2013) · Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 149

The effect of zolpidem on memory consolidation over a night of sleep

Zhang, J., Yetton, B., Whitehurst, L. N., Naji, M., & Mednick, S. C. (2020) · Sleep

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 89

The role of sleep and practice in implicit and explicit motor learning

Rieth, C. A., Cai, D. J., McDevitt, E. A., & Mednick, S. C. (2010) · Behavioural Brain Research

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMotor Control and Adaptation

Cited by 54

The role of sleep for episodic memory consolidation: stabilizing or rescuing?

Zhang, J., Whitehurst, L. N., & Mednick, S. C. (2022) · Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

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