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

Frontiers in Psychology

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Elizaveta Solomonova¹  Simon Dubé¹  Cloé Blanchette-Carrière¹  Dasha A. Sandra⁵  Arnaud Samson-Richer¹  Michelle Carr¹  Tyna Paquette¹  Tore Nielsen¹ 

[1] Dream and Nightmare Laboratory, Centre for Advanced Research in Sleep Medicine;Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal;Mind and Brain Research Group, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University;Department of Psychology, Concordia University;Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University;Sleep Laboratory, Swansea University, United Kingdom

关键词: procedural memory;    memory consolidation;    vipassana meditation;    REM sleep;    NREM sleep;    sleep spindles;    body awareness;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03014

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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