Jessica Lara-Carrasco

2 papers in the library · publishing 2014-2015

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Overnight improvements in two REM sleep-sensitive tasks are associated with both REM and NREM sleep changes, sleep spindle features, and awakenings for dream recall.

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory July 1, 2015 Tore Nielsen, C O'Reilly, Michelle Carr et al.

Memory consolidation is associated with sleep physiology but the contribution of specific sleep stages remains controversial. To clarify the contribution of REM sleep, participants were administered two REM sleep-sensitive tasks to determine if associated changes occurred only in REM sleep. Twenty-two participants (7 men) were administered the Corsi Block Tapping and Tower of Hanoi tasks prior...

DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.09.007 Full text Dreaming Nrem sleep Sleep spindles Visuospatial memory consolidation

Disturbed dreaming during the third trimester of pregnancy.

Sleep Medicine June 1, 2014 Jessica Lara-Carrasco, Valérie Simard, Kadia Saint-Onge et al.

The majority of women develop sleep impairments during pregnancy, but alterations in dream experiences remain poorly understood. This study aimed to assess prospectively and comparatively the recall of dreaming and of disturbed dreaming in late pregnancy. Fifty-seven nulliparous, third-trimester pregnant women (mean age±SD, 28.7±4.06 years) and 59 non-pregnant controls (mean age±SD, 26.8±4.21...

DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.01.026 Full text Bad dreams Disturbed dream recall Nightmares Pregnancy +1