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Signs of REM sleep dependent enhancement of implicit face memory: a repetition priming study

Wagner, Ullrich, Hallschmid, Manfred, Verleger, Rolf, Born, Jan·2003·Biological Psychology

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Faces are processed and stored in distinct neuroanatomical systems. Based on evidence of a critical role of sleep in memory processes, we investigated the impact of nocturnal sleep on implicit memories for faces in healthy men. Face repetition effects in reaction times were compared across sleep periods early in the night, which are dominated by slow wave sleep (SWS), and late in the night, where rapid eye movement (REM) sleep prevails, as well as across corresponding nocturnal intervals of wakefulness. An inverse priming effect was found selectively across REM sleep rich late sleep, as indicated by distinctly prolonged response latencies to previously presented faces compared with novel faces after this period of sleep (P<0.05). We assumed this inverse priming to reflect a facilitated identification of previously presented faces after extended REM sleep periods, thereby producing interference with the response generation in our task which did not require face identification but rather required recognizing formal features of the faces. This interpretation was supported by a supplementary experiment where enhanced positive repetition priming was found across late, REM sleep dominated sleep in a task requiring face identification. Together, these findings indicate that implicit face memories particularly benefit from REM sleep associated brain mechanisms.

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  • Late REM sleep-rich sleep benefits implicit memories (e.g., faces, masked stimuli).

    “Later studies replicated beneficial effects of late REM sleep-rich sleep on implicit memories (e.g., faces, masked stimuli) (1248, 1277), and altogether these findings fit well with the notion of an involvement of REM sleep in procedural and implicit memory processes as revealed by standard REM sleep deprivation procedures (described in sect.IIB).”

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Authors
Wagner, U., Hallschmid, M., Verleger, R., & Born, J.
Affiliations
University of Lübeck (DE)
Corresponding author
Wagner, Ullrich
Venue
Biological Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-03
Volume
62
Issue
3
Pages
197-210
ISSN
0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2048324496
Cited by
63
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 1
FWCI
0.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
REM sleep, slow-wave sleep, implicit memory, face memory, repetition priming, sleep-dependent memory consolidation, face identification, response latency
MeSH terms
Circadian Rhythm, Discrimination Learning, Face, Humans, Hydrocortisone, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Reaction Time, Retention, Psychology, Saliva, Sleep, REM, Task Performance and Analysis

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