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• Publication List
  143 publications

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  Difficulty in artificial word learning impacts targeted memory reactivation and its underlying neural signatures
  eLife (2024) | Journal article

  Difficulty in artificial word learning impacts targeted memory reactivation and its underlying neural signatures
  eLife (2024) | Journal article

  The first-night effect of sleep occurs over nonconsecutive nights in unfamiliar and familiar environments
  SLEEP (2024) | Journal article

  Probing the embodiment of sleep functions: Insights from cardiac responses to word‐induced relaxation during sleep
  Journal of Sleep Research (2024) | Journal article

  Music cue during slow wave sleep improves visuospatial memory consolidation
  Journal of Sleep Research (2024) | Journal article

  No Benefit in Memory Performance after Nocturnal Memory Reactivation Coupled with Theta-tACS
  Clocks & Sleep (2024) | Journal article

  Sustained polyphasic sleep restriction abolishes human growth hormone release
  SLEEP (2024) | Journal article

  Targeted memory reactivation during slow-wave sleep vs. sleep stage N2: no significant differences in a vocabulary task
  Learning & Memory (2023) | Journal article

  Is prior knowledge essential? Additional training opportunities restore sleep‐associated memory benefits under conditions of low prior knowledge
  Journal of Sleep Research (2023) | Journal article

  Neural correlates of sleep‐induced benefits on traumatic memory processing
  Human Brain Mapping (2023) | Journal article

  Olfactory Wearables for Mobile Targeted Memory Reactivation
  Judith Amores Fernandez, Nirmita Mehra, Bjoern Rasch, Pattie Maes, (19.4.2023) | Conference

  The role of cliffhangers in serial entertainment: An experiment on cliffhangers’ effects on enjoyment, arousal, and intention to continue watching.
  Psychology of Popular Media (2023) | Journal article

  Pre-sleep arousal induced by suspenseful series and cliffhangers have only minor effects on sleep: A sleep laboratory study
  Sleep Medicine (2023) | Journal article

  Stress dynamically reduces sleep depth: temporal proximity to the stressor is crucial
  Cerebral Cortex (2022) | Journal article

  Real‐time stimulation during sleep: prior findings, novel developments, and future perspectives
  Journal of Sleep Research (2022) | Journal article

  Real‐time, closed‐loop, or open‐loop stimulation? Navigating a terminological jungle
  Journal of Sleep Research (2022) | Journal article

  The Intention to React to Sounds Induces Sleep Disturbances and Alters Brain Responses to Sounds during Sleep: A Pilot Study
  Clocks & Sleep (2022) | Journal article

  Hypnotic enhancement of slow-wave sleep increases sleep-associated hormone secretion and reduces sympathetic predominance in healthy humans
  Communications Biology (2022) | Journal article

  Exposure to relaxing words during sleep promotes slow-wave sleep and subjective sleep quality
  SLEEP (2021) | Journal article

  No evidence for intra-individual correlations between sleep-mediated declarative memory consolidation and slow-wave sleep
  SLEEP (2021) | Journal article

  Embodiment of sleep‐related words: Evidence from event‐related potentials
  Psychophysiology (2021) | Journal article

  Hypnotic Suggestions Increase Slow-Wave Parameters but Decrease Slow-Wave Spindle Coupling
  Nature and Science of Sleep (2021) | Journal article

  Aspects of tree shrew consolidated sleep structure resemble human sleep
  Communications Biology (2021) | Journal article

  Systematic decrease of slow‐wave sleep after a guided imagery designed to deepen sleep in low hypnotizable subjects
  Journal of Sleep Research (2021) | Journal article

  How robust are sleep-mediated memory benefits?
  inion in Neurobiology (2021) | Journal article

  Healthy Sleepers Can Worsen Their Sleep by Wanting to Do so: The Effects of Intention on Objective and Subjective Sleep Parameters
  Nature and Science of Sleep (2020) | Journal article

  Inducing lucid dreams by olfactory-cued reactivation of reality testing during early-morning sleep: A proof of concept
  Consciousness and Cognition (2020) | Journal article

  Sleep and Plasticity: Do We Consolidate Memories Separately in Each Hemisphere?
  Current biology : CB (2020) | Journal article

  Episodic memory consolidation during sleep in healthy aging
  Sleep medicine reviews (2020) | Journal article

  No effect of targeted memory reactivation during sleep on retention of vocabulary in adolescents
  Scientific reports (2020) | Journal article

  HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS GIVEN BEFORE NIGHTTIME SLEEP EXTEND SLOW-WAVE SLEEP AS COMPARED TO A CONTROL TEXT IN HIGHLY HYPNOTIZABLE SUBJECTS
  The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis (2020) | Journal article

  Memory quality modulates the effect of aging on memory consolidation during sleep: Reduced maintenance but intact gain
  NeuroImage (2020) | Journal article

  Effects of Relaxing Music on Healthy Sleep
  Scientific Reports (2019) | Journal article

  Effects of targeted memory reactivation during sleep at home depend on sleep disturbances and habituation
  npj Science of Learning (2019) | Journal article

  Increased neuronal signatures of targeted memory reactivation during slow-wave up states
  Scientific Reports (2019) | Journal article

  Quantification of Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Neuronal Oscillations: Comparison of Phase-Locking Value, Mean Vector Length, Modulation Index, and Generalized-Linear-Modeling-Cross-Frequency-Coupling
  Frontiers in neuroscience (2019) | Journal article

  Precise Slow Oscillation-Spindle Coupling Promotes Memory Consolidation in Younger and Older Adults
  Scientific reports (2019) | Journal article

  Psychosocial Stress Before a Nap Increases Sleep Latency and Decreases Early Slow-Wave Activity
  Frontiers in psychology (2019) | Journal article

  The effect of dream report collection and dream incorporation on memory consolidation during sleep
  Journal of sleep research (2019) | Journal article

  Structural brain differences predict early traumatic memory processing
  Psychophysiology (2019) | Journal article

  Let’s replay
  eLife (2018) | Journal article

  No effect of vocabulary reactivation in older adults
  Neuropsychologia (2018) | Journal article

  Theta Phase-Coordinated Memory Reactivation Reoccurs in a Slow-Oscillatory Rhythm during NREM Sleep
  Cell reports (2018) | Journal article

  Respiratory and cardiac monitoring at night using a wrist wearable optical system
  Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference (2018) | Journal article

  INFLUENCE OF PRE-SLEEP SOCIAL MEDIA CONSUMPTION ON SLEEP AND SLEEP-ASSOCIATED MEMORY CONSOLIDATION
  Psychophysiology (2018) | Journal article

  INVESTIGATING NEURONAL CORRELATES OF HYPNOSIS THAT IMPROVES SUBSEQUENT SLEEP
  Psychophysiology (2018) | Journal article

  Odor cueing during slow-wave sleep benefits memory independently of low cholinergic tone
  Psychopharmacology (2018) | Journal article

  To gain or not to gain – The complex role of sleep for memory
  Cortex (2018) | Journal article

  Reactivation of interference during sleep does not impair ongoing memory consolidation
  Memory (2018) | Journal article

  The MemoSleep-Hypothesis: how does cognition influence sleep?
  Journal of Sleep Research (2018) | Journal article

  Influence of hypnotic suggestions on spindles, slow oscillations and memory consolidation during sleep
  Journal of Sleep Research (2018) | Journal article

  Reinforcing Language Learning During Sleep
  NEUROECONOMICS (2017) | Journal article

  Work first then play: Prior task difficulty increases motivation-related brain responses in a risk game
  Biological Psychology (2017) | Journal article

  Targeted Reactivation during Sleep Differentially Affects Negative Memories in Socially Anxious and Healthy Children and Adolescents
  The Journal of Neuroscience (2017) | Journal article

  The beneficial role of memory reactivation for language learning during sleep: A review
  Brain and Language (2017) | Journal article

  Prior knowledge is essential for the beneficial effect of targeted memory reactivation during sleep
  Scientific Reports (2017) | Journal article

  Sleep and language learning
  Brain and Language (2017) | Journal article

  Neural correlates of experimental trauma memory retrieval
  Human Brain Mapping (2017) | Journal article

  Modulating influences of memory strength and sensitivity of the retrieval test on the detectability of the sleep consolidation effect
  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2017) | Journal article

  Sleep benefits emotional and neutral associative memories equally
  Somnologie (2016) | Journal article

  Motivational incentives lead to a strong increase in lateral prefrontal activity after self-control exertion
  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (2016) | Journal article

  Memory cueing during sleep modifies the interpretation of ambiguous scenes in adolescents and adults
  Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (2016) | Journal article

  No Evidence for Memory Decontextualization across One Night of Sleep
  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2016) | Journal article

  Re-presentation of Olfactory Exposure Therapy Success Cues during Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep did not Increase Therapy Outcome but Increased Sleep Spindles
  Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2016) | Journal article

  Effects of Sleep after Experimental Trauma on Intrusive Emotional Memories
  Sleep (2016) | Journal article

  Sleep’s role in the reconsolidation of declarative memories
  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2016) | Journal article

  Gamma band directional interactions between basal forebrain and visual cortex during wake and sleep states
  Journal of Physiology-Paris (2016) | Journal article

  Emotional arousal modulates oscillatory correlates of targeted memory reactivation during NREM, but not REM sleep
  Scientific Reports (2016) | Journal article

  Increasing Explicit Sequence Knowledge by Odor Cueing during Sleep in Men but not Women
  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2016) | Journal article

  Auditory feedback blocks memory benefits of cueing during sleep
  Nature Communications (2015) | Journal article

  Memory cueing during sleep modifies the interpretation of ambiguous scenes
  Swiss Medical Weekly (2015) | Journal article

  The neural correlates of the fear-reducing effects of glucocorticoids in phobia
  Psychoneuroendocrinology (2015) | Journal article

  In search of a role of REM sleep in memory formation
  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2015) | Journal article

  No Associations between Interindividual Differences in Sleep Parameters and Episodic Memory Consolidation
  Sleep (2015) | Journal article

  Improving sleep and cognition by hypnotic suggestion in the elderly
  Neuropsychologia (2015) | Journal article

  Cueing vocabulary during sleep increases theta activity during later recognition testing
  Psychophysiology (2015) | Journal article

  Replay of conditioned stimuli during late REM and stage N2 sleep influences affective tone rather than emotional memory strength
  Neurobiology of Learning and Memory (2015) | Journal article

  BAIAP2 Is Related to Emotional Modulation of Human Memory Strength
  os One (2014) | Journal article

  Boosting Vocabulary Learning by Verbal Cueing During Sleep
  rebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) (2014) | Journal article

  Deepening Sleep by Hypnotic Suggestion
  eep (2014) | Journal article

  Differential Effects of Non-REM and REM Sleep on Memory Consolidation?
  rrent Neurology and Neuroscience Reports (2014) | Journal article

  Frontal theta activity reflects distinct aspects of mental fatigue
  ological Psychology (2014) | Journal article

  Letter to the Editor: Simply avoiding reactivating fear memory after exposure therapy may help to consolidate fear extinction memory - a reply
  ychological medicine (2014) | Journal article

  Lunar cycle effects on sleep and the file drawer problem
  rrent Biology (2014) | Journal article

  Neural substrates of similarity and rule-based strategies in judgment
  ontiers in Human Neuroscience (2014) | Journal article

  No Associations between Interindividual Differences in Sleep Parameters and Episodic Memory Consolidation
  eep (2014) | Journal article

  No effect of odor-induced memory reactivation during REM sleep on declarative memory stability.
  ontiers in systems neuroscience (2014) | Journal article

  Reactivating Memories during Sleep by Odors: Odor Specificity and Associated Changes in Sleep Oscillations
  urnal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2014) | Journal article

  Sleep enhances exposure therapy
  ychological Medicine (2014) | Journal article

  Sleep, learning and memory: relevance for psychiatry and psychotherapy
  rvenarzt (2014) | Journal article

  Quantitative Methoden 1
  Björn Rasch and Malte Friese and Wilhelm Hofmann and Ewald Naumann (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014), ISBN: 9783662435236 | Book

  NEURAL PROCESSING OF TRAUMA MEMORY
  Psychophysiology (2014) | Journal article

  THE IMMEDIATE EVALUATION OF RISKINESS IN THE BRAIN
  Psychophysiology (2014) | Journal article

  A genome-wide survey and functional brain imaging study identify CTNNBL1 as a memory-related gene
  lecular Psychiatry (2013) | Journal article

  ABOUT SLEEP'S ROLE IN MEMORY
  ysiological Reviews (2013) | Journal article

  Associations between Basal Cortisol Levels and Memory Retrieval in Healthy Young Individuals
  urnal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2013) | Journal article

  Sleep deprivation increases dorsal nexus connectivity to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in humans
  oceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2013) | Journal article

  Suppressing Emotions Impairs Subsequent Stroop Performance and Reduces Prefrontal Brain Activation
  os One (2013) | Journal article

  The BclI polymorphism of the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with emotional memory performance in healthy individuals
  ychoneuroendocrinology (2013) | Journal article

  The sleeping child outplays the adult's capacity to convert implicit into explicit knowledge
  ture Neuroscience (2013) | Journal article

  Emotion suppression reduces hippocampal activity during successful memory encoding
  uroimage (2012) | Journal article

  Offline consolidation of memory varies with time in slow wave sleep and can be accelerated by cuing memory reactivations
  urobiology of Learning and Memory (2012) | Journal article

  PKC alpha is genetically linked to memory capacity in healthy subjects and to risk for posttraumatic stress disorder in genocide survivors
  oceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2012) | Journal article

  Testosterone levels in healthy men are related to amygdala reactivity and memory performance
  ychoneuroendocrinology (2012) | Journal article

  Stress, genes and emotional memory: implications for anxiety disorders
  European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2012) | Journal article

  Neuronal correlates of emotional olfactory processing during sleep
  Journal of Sleep Research (2012) | Journal article

  Biology needs more Psychology
  ychologische Rundschau (2011) | Journal article

  Labile or stable: opposing consequences for memory when reactivated during waking and sleep
  ture Neuroscience (2011) | Journal article

  No Elevated Plasma Catecholamine Levels during Sleep in Newly Diagnosed, Untreated Hypertensives
  os One (2011) | Journal article

  Statistical Epistasis and Functional Brain Imaging Support a Role of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels in Human Memory
  os One (2011) | Journal article

  The Memory Function of Noradrenergic Activity in Non-REM Sleep
  urnal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2011) | Journal article

  Labile or Stable: Opposing Consequences for Memory when Reactivated during Waking and Sleep
  Neuroforum (2011) | Journal article

  Jäncke, L. & Petermann, F. (Hrsg.). (2010). Wie viel Biologie braucht die Psychologie [Themenheft]. Psychologische Rundschau, 61 (4)
  Psychologische Rundschau (2011) | Journal article

  Aversive stimuli lead to differential amygdala activation and connectivity patterns depending on catechol-O-methyltransferase Val158Met genotype
  uroimage (2010) | Journal article

  Euglycemic Infusion of Insulin Detemir Compared With Human Insulin Appears to Increase Direct Current Brain Potential Response and Reduces Food Intake While Inducing Similar Systemic Effects
  abetes (2010) | Journal article

  Imaging genetics of cognitive functions: Focus on episodic memory
  uroimage (2010) | Journal article

  A genetic variation of the noradrenergic system is related to differential amygdala activation during encoding of emotional memories
  oceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2009) | Journal article

  Domain-specific learning of grammatical structure in musical and phonological sequences
  mory & Cognition (2009) | Journal article

  Impaired Off-Line Consolidation of Motor Memories After Combined Blockade of Cholinergic Receptors During REM Sleep-Rich Sleep
  uropsychopharmacology (2009) | Journal article

  Pharmacological REM sleep suppression paradoxically improves rather than impairs skill memory
  ture Neuroscience (2009) | Journal article

  Reactivation and consolidation of memory during sleep
  rrent Directions in Psychological Science (2008) | Journal article

  Visual-procedural memory consolidation during sleep blocked by glutamatergic receptor antagonists
  urnal of Neuroscience (2008) | Journal article

  The contribution of the noradrenergic system to memory consolidation during sleep in humans
  International Journal of Psychology (2008) | Journal article

  Maintaining memories by reactivation
  rrent Opinion in Neurobiology (2007) | Journal article

  Odor cues during slow-wave sleep prompt declarative memory consolidation
  ience (2007) | Journal article

  PreproTRH((158-183)) fails to affect pituitary-adrenal response to CRH/vasopressin in man: A pilot study
  uropeptides (2007) | Journal article

  Sleep-stage-specific regulation of plasma catecholamine concentration
  ychoneuroendocrinology (2007) | Journal article

  A 3-day estrogen treatment improves prefrontal cortex-dependent cognitive function in postmenopausal women
  ychoneuroendocrinology (2006) | Journal article

  Brief sleep after learning keeps emotional memories alive for years
  ological Psychiatry (2006) | Journal article

  Combined blockade of cholinergic receptors shifts the brain from stimulus encoding to memory consolidation
  urnal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2006) | Journal article

  Perspective-taking vs. mental rotation transformations and how they predict spatial navigation performance
  plied Cognitive Psychology (2006) | Journal article

  Sleep to remember
  uroscientist (2006) | Journal article

  Presentation of a learning-associated odour during slow wave sleep enhances declarative memory consolidation
  Journal of Sleep Research (2006) | Journal article

  Convergence and divergence between EEG and fMRI results in an emotional paradigm
  Journal of Psychophysiology (2006) | Journal article

  Influence of the serotonin-reuptake inhibitor fluvoxamine on procedural memory consolidation during sleep
  Journal of Psychophysiology (2006) | Journal article

  Influence of the selective serotonin reuptake-inhibitor fluvoxamine on procedural memory consolidation during sleep
  Journal of Sleep Research (2006) | Journal article

  The contribution of the noradrenergic system to memory consolidation during sleep in humans
  Journal of Sleep Research (2006) | Journal article

  Glutamate-receptor involvement in sleep-related memory consolidation
  Journal of Psychophysiology (2005) | Journal article

  Complete cholinergic blockade can improve memory
  Journal of Psychophysiology (2004) | Journal article

  Interactions between emotion and cognition in medial prefrontal cortex: An fMRI study
  Journal of Psychophysiology (2003) | Journal article

  Viewing Affective Slides: ERP and event-related fMRI correlates
  Journal of Psychophysiology (2003) | Journal article

  Context effects in memory for routes
  Lecture Notes in Computer Science (2003) | Journal article

  Returning the tables: language affects spatial reasoning
  gnition (2002) | Journal article

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