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The Connection Between Sleep and Memory Encoding
1:23:42 - 1:33:17 (09:35)
Dreams that occur during slow wave or non-REM sleep tend to be of general themes and location, while the replay of neurons in REM sleep aids in fear unlearning from past traumatic events. High muscular output can bias towards more slow wave sleep, decreasing the amount of REM sleep and impacting memory encoding and emotional regulation.
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The hippocampus is responsible for encoding memory and it replays important events or information during slow wave sleep.
1:23:42 - 1:27:07 (03:24)
Summary
The hippocampus is responsible for encoding memory and it replays important events or information during slow wave sleep. Studies have shown that the same neurons that are activated during daytime spatial navigation, are also activated during sleep, suggesting a link between memory and dreaming.
ChapterThe Connection Between Sleep and Memory Encoding
Episode#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Neuroscientist Susumu Tonegawa explains how the replay of neurons during REM sleep helps with unlearning fear and divorcing emotion from prior experiences, making it a form of self-induced therapy.
1:27:07 - 1:29:31 (02:24)
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Neuroscientist Susumu Tonegawa explains how the replay of neurons during REM sleep helps with unlearning fear and divorcing emotion from prior experiences, making it a form of self-induced therapy. Depriving oneself of REM sleep can lead to negative emotions linked to almost everything.
ChapterThe Connection Between Sleep and Memory Encoding
Episode#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Research explores the idea of using certain drugs to uncouple bad events from the emotional system, allowing people to remember negative experiences without feeling intense emotions.
1:29:31 - 1:31:17 (01:45)
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Research explores the idea of using certain drugs to uncouple bad events from the emotional system, allowing people to remember negative experiences without feeling intense emotions. Therapy techniques like eye movement desensitization reprocessing and ketamine therapies have been studied to affectively uncouple physical sensations from the mental events.
ChapterThe Connection Between Sleep and Memory Encoding
Episode#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Discover how brain imaging during sleep supports the theory that dreaming is similar to watching a movie of previous experiences and learn how the amount of slow wave sleep is influenced by muscular activity.
1:31:17 - 1:33:17 (02:00)
Summary
Discover how brain imaging during sleep supports the theory that dreaming is similar to watching a movie of previous experiences and learn how the amount of slow wave sleep is influenced by muscular activity.