Rapid eye movement sleep mediates age-related decline in prospective memory consolidation

[摘要] Study ObjectivesProspective memory, or remembering to execute future intentions, accounts for half of everyday forgetting in older adults. Sleep intervals benefit prospective memory consolidation in young adults, but it is unknown whether age-related changes in slow wave activity, sleep spindles, and/or rapid eye movement (REM) sleep mediate hypothesized effects of aging on prospective memory consolidation.

[学科分类] 生理学

[关键词] intention;prospection;older adults;polysomnography;slow wave activity;sleep spindles;rapid eye movement sleep;spontaneous retrieval;preplay