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，而在这段时间里，大脑非常忙碌。睡眠的神经振荡具有已知的恢复功能，对巩固记忆和情绪处理也是至关重要的。我们对加强睡眠以改善健康很感兴趣(例如，通过对抗衰老导致深度慢波睡眠减少的影响)。我们还对通过触发不同组合和不同睡眠阶段的选定记忆的重播来操纵记忆巩固感兴趣。这不仅可以带来更强的记忆，而且可以将新的记忆相互整合，并与现有的知识相结合，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.