eprintid: 10533
rev_number: 5
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1
dir: disk0/00/01/05/33
datestamp: 2010-03-23 09:58:05
lastmod: 2022-07-18 01:23:38
status_changed: 2012-08-16 08:16:50
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Schredl, Michael
creators_name: Erlacher, Daniel
title: Is sleep-dependent memory consolidation of a visuo-motor task related to dream content?
ispublished: pub
subjects: ddc-300
divisions: i-100500
keywords: Dream content; REM sleep; sleep-dependent memory consolidation; procedural memory; declarative memory; cortisol
abstract:     A considerable amount of studies have shown that sleep facilitates memory consolidation. For procedural memory, some findings support the association with REM sleep but the relationship between memory consolidation and dreaming has been scarcely studied. The present study did not find an effect of direct incorporations of the mirror tracing task into the dream on over-night improvement. On the other hand, bizarre, long, and intense dreams were associated with poorer performance regarding speed but also with decreased amount of errors. Whether this can be explained by altered sleep physiology or negative effects of dreams on mood and performance can not yet been answered. Future research should study more complex and demanding procedural memory tasks and the relationship between dreaming and sleep-dependent consolidation of emotional memories.
date: 2010
date_type: published
id_scheme: ojs
official_url: https://journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/IJoDR/article/view/486
ppn_swb: 1402557191
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-opus-105338
language: eng
bibsort: SCHREDLMICISSLEEPDEP2010
full_text_status: none
publication: International Journal of Dream Research
citation:   Schredl, Michael ; Erlacher, Daniel  (2010) Is sleep-dependent memory consolidation of a visuo-motor task related to dream content?  International Journal of Dream Research.