Robert Stickgold
Robert Stickgold appears on this site as sleep researcher and last author of the 2010 Current Biology paper on dreaming of a learning task and sleep-dependent memory consolidation.
Who they are
The work of Robert Stickgold reaches this site through the paper listed below.
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
Robert Stickgold appears on this site as sleep researcher and last author of the 2010 Current Biology paper on dreaming of a learning task and sleep-dependent memory consolidation.
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.