Laura B. Ray

TL;DR: It is shown that both allocentric (spatial) and egocentric (motor) representations of the sequence can be isolated after initial training, and that sleep-dependent gains in performance observed for the allocentric representation are correlated with spindle density during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep of the post-training nap.

TL;DR: The results of the present study are largely consistent with previous studies on sleep and memory in young adults and suggest that more detailed examination of this relationship in older adults is warranted.

TL;DR: Given that interindividual differences are accounted for, it is felt that automatic spindle detection provides an accurate and efficient alternative approach for detecting sleep spindles.

TL;DR: This method of automated spindle detection resolves or avoids many of the limitations that complicate automatedSpindle detection, and performs well compared to a group of non-experts, and importantly, has good external validity with respect to the extant literature in terms of the characteristics of automatically detected spindles.

TL;DR: Electroencephalographic and event-related potentials data illustrate impairment in information-processing capabilities associated with reduced arousal elicited by experimental sleep fragmentation, which leads to sustained impairment in alertness and attention.