The effects of closed loop auditory stimulation on brain and behaviour in the short and long-term

我们一生中有三分之一的时间在睡觉，在这段时间里大脑非常忙碌。睡眠的神经振荡具有已知的恢复功能，对记忆巩固和情绪处理也至关重要。我们对加强睡眠以改善健康感兴趣（例如，通过抵消衰老导致的深慢波睡眠减少的影响）。我们也对通过在不同组合和不同睡眠阶段触发选定记忆的重播来操纵记忆巩固感兴趣。这不仅可以增强记忆，还可以将新记忆相互整合，并与现有知识相结合，为创造力提供基础。

We spend 1/3 of our life asleep, and the brain is very busy during this time. The neural oscillations of sleep have known restorative functions, and are also critical for memory consolidation and emotional processing. We are interested in enhancing sleep to improve health (for instance by counteracting the impacts of ageing which lead to reductions in deep slow wave sleep). We are also interested in manipulating memory consolidation by triggering the replay of selected memories in different combinations and in different sleep stages. This can lead not only to stronger memory, but to integration of new memories with each other and with existing knowledge, providing a basis for creativity.