Sleep cycling for Probabilistic Generative Models
Lead Research Organisation:
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
Department Name: Sch of Psychology
Abstract
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Penelope Lewis (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Pereira S
(2020)
The differing roles of NREM and REM sleep in the slow enhancement of skills and schemas
in Current Opinion in Physiology
Pereira S
(2021)
Rule Abstraction is Facilitated by Auditory Cueing in REM Sleep
in SSRN Electronic Journal
Pereira SIR
(2020)
Sleeping through brain excitation and inhibition.
in Nature neuroscience
| Description | 1. we found that visual abstraction in the synthetic visual reasoning task (SVRT) benefits from sleep vs wake accross a day. 2. we found that reactivating this SVRT task in REM but not SWS leads to a delayed benefit |
| Exploitation Route | We are in the process of publishing these findings. Our findings could be useful to AI systems that wish to incorporate sleep |
| Sectors | Creative Economy Education |
| Description | Prof Mark Van Rossum |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Department | School of Computer Science |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are collaborating on this grant, and expect to apply for future grants. |
| Collaborator Contribution | I am doing the behavioural part, he is doing the computational modelling part. We recently co-organised a 2 day workshop on computational modelling of sleep and memory at Cosyne. |
| Impact | none as yet - except the workshop I mentioned. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Article in The Atlantic |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A New Theory Linking Sleep and Creativity The two main phases of sleep might work together to boost creative problem-solving. By Ed Yong. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/05/sleep-creativity-theory/560399/ |
| Description | Financial Times Feature (multi page spread) on Why we Dream |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was an article on sleep and dreams for the financial times. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.ft.com/content/6310963a-5e19-11e8-ad91-e01af256df68 |