Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in infants protects new episodic memories from existing semantic memories

Manuela Friedrich; Matthias Mölle; Angela D. Friederici; Jan Born

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14850-8

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in infants protects new episodic memories from existing semantic memories

Manuela Friedrich,
Matthias Mölle,
Angela D. Friederici,
Jan Born

Affiliations

Manuela Friedrich: Department of Psychology, Humboldt-University of Berlin
Matthias Mölle: Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM), University of Lübeck
Angela D. Friederici: Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Jan Born: Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology and Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Tübingen

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14850-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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In infants, superiority of semantic over episodic memory formation has been postulated. Here, authors show that both types of memory coexist in one-year-olds, with consolidation during sleep affecting whether an experienced event is recognized as a detailed episode or as general semantic knowledge.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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