Department of Psychology, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNS), Laboratory for "Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research", University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
UR2NF - Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroimaging Research Unit affiliated at CRCN - Centre for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences and UNI - ULB Neuroscience Institute, Bruxelles, Belgium.
J Sleep Res. 2022 Aug;31(4):e13607. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13607. Epub 2022 Apr 10.
Increasingly studied in a systematic manner since the 1970s, the cognitive processes of the brain taking place during sleeping periods remain an important object of scrutiny in the scientific community. In particular, sleep has been demonstrated to play a significant role for learning and memory consolidation processes, and sleep scientists have started unravelling its underlying neurophysiological mechanisms. However, sleep remains a multidimensional phenomenon, and many questions remain left open for future research. In this selective review article, we address recent advances in particular domains in which sleep research has further progressed in the past decade. We highlight the developmental trajectory of sleep-dependent learning and memory consolidation processes, from their development in childhood to their potential impairments in ageing, and the nature and extent of our capabilities for information processing, learning, and memory reinforcement during sleep.
自 20 世纪 70 年代以来，人们开始以系统的方式研究睡眠期间大脑的认知过程，这仍然是科学界关注的一个重要对象。特别是，睡眠在学习和记忆巩固过程中起着重要作用，睡眠科学家已经开始揭示其潜在的神经生理机制。然而，睡眠仍然是一个多维现象，许多问题仍有待未来研究解决。在这篇选择性综述文章中，我们介绍了过去十年中睡眠研究在特定领域取得的最新进展。我们强调了睡眠依赖的学习和记忆巩固过程的发展轨迹，从儿童时期的发展到老年时期的潜在损伤，以及我们在睡眠期间进行信息处理、学习和记忆强化的能力的性质和程度。
