Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
No holds barred, unscripted discussion on a wide range of sleep topics - from sleep disorders to current research and controversies in the field. No topic is off limits! Dr. Chris Winter is a clinician, a board certified neurologist and double boarded sleep specialist with 30 years of clinical experience. He is the author of The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child, and is a popular consultant and speaker, working for many professional sports teams. He is well known for his unique perspective and ability to demystify sleep, all of which he brings to Sleep Unplugged.
Sleep Unplugged with Dr. Chris Winter
#62 - Sleep and Memory: You'll Forget About Me After I've Been Gone
The link between sleep and memory has been a compelling area of research for many years. New theories about the specific relationship between sleep and memory have recently emerged that reveal much about the roles that sleep plays in this process. In this episode we will:
- Touch upon the history of sleep and memory studies
- Review the discovery of the glymphatic system and how it is not only involved in cognitive health but also influenced by sleep
- Learn how slow wave sleep/deep sleep primes our brains to learning
- Differentiate the solidification/activation of memory by deep sleep versus the linkage and solidification of sleep by REM sleep
- Contrast declarative hippocampal memory storage via slow wave sleep and implicit memory stored outside the hippocampus
- Explore various rodent and human models for studying memory
- Introduce the technique and science behind Targeted Sensory Reactivation
Produced by: Maeve Winter
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Thanks for listening and sleep well!
