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Title		Authors	PubMed ID
1	NREM sleep brain networks modulate cognitive recovery from sleep deprivation	Lee K; Wang Y; Cross NE; Jegou A; Razavipour F; Pomares FB; Perrault AA; Nguyen A; Aydin Ü; Uji M; Abdallah C; Anticevic A; Frauscher B; Benali H; Dang-Vu TT; Grova C;	39005401 PERFORM
2	Voice characteristics from isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder to early Parkinson's disease	Laetitia Jeancolas	35063866 PERFORM
3	Sleep disorders in patients with a neurocognitive disorder	C Moderie	34916075 PERFORM
4	Different Patterns of Sleep-Dependent Procedural Memory Consolidation in Vipassana Meditation Practitioners and Non-meditating Controls.	Solomonova E, Dubé S, Blanchette-Carrière C, Sandra DA, Samson-Richer A, Carr M, Paquette T, Nielsen T	32038390 PSYCHOLOGY
5	Brain cholinergic alterations in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a PET imaging study with 18F-FEOBV.	Bedard MA, Aghourian M, Legault-Denis C, Postuma RB, Soucy JP, Gagnon JF, Pelletier A, Montplaisir J	31078078 PERFORM
6	The Role of Sleep in Learning Placebo Effects.	Chouchou F, Dang-Vu TT, Rainville P, Lavigne G	30146053 PERFORM
7	Psychiatric Illness and Parasomnias: a Systematic Review.	Waters F, Moretto U, Dang-Vu TT	28534293 PERFORM

Title:	Different Patterns of Sleep-Dependent Procedural Memory Consolidation in Vipassana Meditation Practitioners and Non-meditating Controls.
Authors:	Solomonova E, Dubé S, Blanchette-Carrière C, Sandra DA, Samson-Richer A, Carr M, Paquette T, Nielsen T
Link:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32038390?dopt=Abstract
DOI:	10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03014
Publication:	Frontiers in psychology
Keywords:	NREM sleep; REM sleep; body awareness; memory consolidation; procedural memory; sleep spindles; vipassana meditation;
PMID:	32038390	Category:	Front Psychol	Date Added:	2020-02-11
Dept Affiliation:	PSYCHOLOGY 1 Dream and Nightmare Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine, CIUSSS NÎM - HSCM, Montréal, QC, Canada. 2 Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada. 3 Culture, Mind and Brain Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. 4 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, QC, Canada. 5 Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada. 6 Sleep Laboratory, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.

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Different Patterns of Sleep-Dependent Procedural Memory Consolidation in Vipassana Meditation Practitioners and Non-meditating Controls.

Front Psychol. 2019;10:3014

Authors: Solomonova E, Dubé S, Blanchette-Carrière C, Sandra DA, Samson-Richer A, Carr M, Paquette T, Nielsen T

Abstract

Aim: Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep, and sleep spindles are all implicated in the consolidation of procedural memories. Relative contributions of sleep stages and sleep spindles were previously shown to depend on individual differences in task processing. However, no studies to our knowledge have focused on individual differences in experience with Vipassana meditation as related to sleep. Vipassana meditation is a form of mental training that enhances proprioceptive and somatic awareness and alters attentional style. The goal of this study was to examine a potential role for Vipassana meditation experience in sleep-dependent procedural memory consolidation.

Methods: Groups of Vipassana meditation practitioners (N = 22) and matched meditation-naïve controls (N = 20) slept for a daytime nap in the laboratory. Before and after the nap they completed a procedural task on the Wii Fit balance platform.

Results: Meditators performed slightly better on the task before the nap, but the two groups improved similarly after sleep. The groups showed different patterns of sleep-dependent procedural memory consolidation: in meditators, task learning was positively correlated with density of slow occipital spindles, while in controls task improvement was positively associated with time in REM sleep. Sleep efficiency and sleep architecture did not differ between groups. Meditation practitioners, however, had a lower density of occipital slow sleep spindles than controls.

Conclusion: Results suggest that neuroplastic changes associated with meditation practice may alter overall sleep microarchitecture and reorganize sleep-dependent patterns of memory consolidation. The lower density of occipital spindles in meditators may mean that meditation practice compensates for some of the memory functions of sleep.

PMID: 32038390 [PubMed]

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