In my lab, I am researching how reactivation of specific memories during sleep can be modulated using external stimulation. We will be releasing an odor into a subject's nose while they sleep and see if affects their ability to remember and recall certain information. So far we have not found anything significant however, there has not been a lot of work done. We believe that this odor could affect the ability to remember things because there is a lot of evidence that points to the idea that it could. Usually, recent memories are replayed during sleep. Since we will be showing our subjects images right before they go to sleep that they were supposed to memorize, this idea can apply to our study. This study has been performed in animals before. It’s important to note too that it has been observed that matching a sensory stimulus with information and an odor facilitates things such as coordination of sleep spindles.
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