Erin Wamsley
Erin Wamsley appears on this site as first author of the 2010 Current Biology paper on dreaming of a learning task and sleep-dependent memory consolidation.
Who they are
The work of Erin Wamsley reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Task-Related Dreaming, Memory Consolidation.
Key papers
Wamsley, E. J., Tucker, M., Payne, J. D., Benavides, J. A., & Stickgold, R. (2010). Dreaming of a learning task is associated with enhanced sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Current Biology, 20(9), 850-855. What it reports: Ninety-nine students learned a virtual maze and were retested five hours later, about half after a nap. Four nappers who mentioned the maze in dream reports improved roughly ten times more than other nappers, an association in a small subgroup.
Key ideas
Task-Related Dreaming: Dream content that refers to a task learned before sleep, studied in relation to later performance.
Memory Consolidation: The process by which a fragile short-term memory becomes a durable long-term one.
Sources
- Wamsley, E. J., Tucker, M., Payne, J. D., Benavides, J. A., & Stickgold, R. (2010). Dreaming of a learning task is associated with enhanced sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Current Biology, 20(9), 850-855.