Sleep spindle-related reactivation of category-specific cortical regions after learning face-scene associations

• Published in: NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) Vol. 59; no. 3; pp. 2733 - 2742
• Main Authors: Bergmann, Til O., Mölle, Matthias, Diedrichs, Jens, Born, Jan, Siebner, Hartwig R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2012; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Brain; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; EEG-fMRI; Electroencephalography; Face; Female; Fusiform face area (FFA); Hippocampus; Hippocampus - physiology; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory - physiology; Neocortex - physiology; Paired associate learning; Paired-Associate Learning - physiology; Parahippocampal Gyrus - physiology; Parahippocampal place area (PPA); Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Scanners; Sleep; Sleep - physiology; Space Perception - physiology; Thalamus - physiology; Young Adult; Paired associate learning; Parahippocampal place area (PPA); EEG-fMRI; Fusiform face area (FFA); Hippocampus

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