REM Sleep and Memory Reactivation

How are our memories represented in the brain? We interview Professor Anna Schapiro from University of Pennsylvania on her work covering computational models, memory and sleep. We discuss neural network models, the Complementary Learning Systems theory and Anna's recent work on testing predictions of neural network models with TMR/EEG.

Find out more about Anna and her research group.

• Why there are complementary learning systems in the hippocampus and neocortex, 1995
• Methods for reducing interference in the complementary learning systems model, 2005
• A model of autonomous interactions between hippocampus and neocortex driving sleep-dependent memory consolidation, 2022
• A neural network model of hippocampal contributions to category learning, 2023
• Memory reactivation during sleep does not act holistically on object memory, 2024
• A unifying account of replay as context-driven memory reactivation, 2024
• Self-recovery of memory via generative replay, 2023

Host: Penny Lewis
Editor: Sophie Smith

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