Walker, Matthew P.

Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect

Walker, M. P., Brakefield, T., Morgan, A., Hobson, J. A., & Stickgold, R. (2002) · Neuron

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMotor Control and Adaptation

Cited by 1,307

The human emotional brain without sleep—a prefrontal amygdala disconnect

Yoo, S.-S., Gujar, N., Hu, P., Jolesz, F. A., & Walker, M. P. (2007) · Current Biology

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and Work-Related Fatigue

Cited by 1,303

The sleep-deprived human brain

Krause, A. J., Simon, E. B., Mander, B. A., Greer, S. M., Saletin, J. M., Goldstein-Piekarski, A. N., & Walker, M. P. (2017) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and Work-Related Fatigue

Cited by 1,200

Sleep-Dependent Learning and Memory Consolidation

Walker, M. P., & Stickgold, R. (2004) · Neuron

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 1,113

Overnight therapy? The role of sleep in emotional brain processing

Walker, M. P., & van der Helm, E. (2009) · Psychological Bulletin

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and related disorders

Cited by 1,087

Sleep, memory, and plasticity

Walker, M. P., & Stickgold, R. (2006) · Annual Review of Psychology

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 1,075

The role of sleep in emotional brain function

Goldstein, A. N., & Walker, M. P. (2014) · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and related disorders

Cited by 1,052

Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

Walker, M. P., Brakefield, T., Allan Hobson, J., & Stickgold, R. (2003) · Nature

Memory and Neural MechanismsSleep and Wakefulness Research

Cited by 1,025

Sleep-dependent memory triage: evolving generalization through selective processing

Stickgold, R., & Walker, M. P. (2013) · Nature Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 755

REM sleep, prefrontal theta, and the consolidation of human emotional memory

Nishida, M., Pearsall, J., Buckner, R. L., & Walker, M. P. (2009) · Cerebral Cortex

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 603

A deficit in the ability to form new human memories without sleep

Yoo, S.-S., Hu, P. T., Gujar, N., Jolesz, F. A., & Walker, M. P. (2007) · Nature Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 597

Daytime naps, motor memory consolidation and regionally specific sleep spindles

Nishida, M., & Walker, M. P. (2007) · PLoS ONE

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 531

Old brains come uncoupled in sleep: slow wave-spindle synchrony, brain atrophy, and forgetting

Helfrich, R. F., Mander, B. A., Jagust, W. J., Knight, R. T., & Walker, M. P. (2018) · Neuron

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchNeural dynamics and brain function

Cited by 497

Sleep deprivation amplifies reactivity of brain reward networks, biasing the appraisal of positive emotional experiences

Gujar, N., Yoo, S.-S., Hu, P., & Walker, M. P. (2011) · The Journal of Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and Work-Related Fatigue

Cited by 491

Human relational memory requires time and sleep

Ellenbogen, J. M., Hu, P. T., Payne, J. D., Titone, D., & Walker, M. P. (2007) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 415

REM sleep depotentiates amygdala activity to previous emotional experiences

van der Helm, E., Yao, J., Dutt, S., Rao, V., Saletin, J. M., & Walker, M. P. (2011) · Current Biology

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and related disorders

Cited by 379

The impact of sleep deprivation on food desire in the human brain

Greer, S. M., Goldstein, A. N., & Walker, M. P. (2013) · Nature Communications

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchRegulation of Appetite and Obesity

Cited by 375

Sleep facilitates consolidation of emotional declarative memory

Hu, P., Stylos-Allan, M., & Walker, M. P. (2006) · Psychological Science

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 355

Sleep-dependent learning and motor-skill complexity

Kuriyama, K., Stickgold, R., & Walker, M. P. (2004) · Learning & Memory

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 334

Sleep-dependent motor memory plasticity in the human brain

Walker, M. P., Stickgold, R., Alsop, D., Gaab, N., & Schlaug, G. (2005) · Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 308

A role for REM sleep in recalibrating the sensitivity of the human brain to specific emotions

Gujar, N., McDonald, S. A., Nishida, M., & Walker, M. P. (2011) · Cerebral Cortex

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchSleep and related disorders

Cited by 276

Cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving

Walker, M. P., Liston, C., Hobson, J. A., & Stickgold, R. (2002) · Cognitive Brain Research

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchCreativity in Education and Neuroscience

Cited by 272

The role of sleep in false memory formation

Payne, J. D., Schacter, D. L., Propper, R. E., Huang, L.-W., Wamsley, E. J., Tucker, M. A., Walker, M. P., & Stickgold, R. (2009) · Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory Processes and Influences

Cited by 269

Overnight alchemy: sleep-dependent memory evolution

Walker, M. P., & Stickgold, R. (2010) · Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Sleep and Wakefulness ResearchMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Cited by 229