Sleep-dependent consolidation of new vocabulary
Lead researcher · Sleep and Cognition Lab · 2022 – 2023
A within-subjects EEG and behavioral study on whether an afternoon nap protects newly learned vocabulary from interference, with 62 adult participants.
EEGSleepWithin-subjects designSignal processingPythonMNE
Overview
Impact
62
Participants
23%
Variance explained by spindles
1,240
Hours of PSG scored
Spindle density explained 23% of variance in overnight retention. Published in a peer-reviewed journal and replicated in a follow-up sample of 40 participants.
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“Nadia rebuilt our entire EEG preprocessing pipeline while running the study. Three other projects in the lab still use it.”