Rebecca Spencer

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University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Rebecca Spencer is a Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her research areas include pediatric sleep electrophysiology, emotional memory consolidation during sleep, and the bioregulation of naps in early childhood. She has contributed to the field through various articles focused on the relationship between sleep patterns and brain development, as well as innovative systems for improving sleep quality. Her work aims to advance our understanding of sleep's impact on cognitive neuroscience.

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Age-related changes in sleep-dependent emotional memory processing

Open Date: 2018-09-30

Close Date: 2019-08-31

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Collaborative Research: Hippocampal Development and Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation in Preschoolers

Open Date: 2018-06-01

Close Date: 2021-05-31

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Hippocampal Development and Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation in Preschoolers

Open Date: 2018-03-01

Close Date: 2020-02-29

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What is sleep's role in Alzheimer's disease? Insight from healthy aging

Open Date: 2012-09-01

Close Date: 2023-03-31

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The Benefits of Naps on Cognitive, Emotional and Motor Learning in Preschoolers

Open Date: 2012-07-01

Close Date: 2021-06-30

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University of Maryland

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An Automated Analysis Pipeline for Microglia Morphology in Nikon NIS-Elements

Pediatric sleep electrophysiology: Using polysomnography in developmental cognitive neuroscience

Maintaining sleep while improving overnight mobility and comfort with a novel lower limb external mechanical compression system

Emotional memory consolidation during sleep is associated with slow oscillation–spindle coupling strength in young and older adults

Emotional memory consolidation during sleep is associated with slow oscillation-spindle coupling strength in young and older adults

Maintaining sleep while improving overnight mobility and comfort with a novel lower limb external mechanical compression system

Early childhood naps initiate emotional memory processing in preparation for enhanced overnight consolidation

Contributions of memory and brain development to the bioregulation of naps and nap transitions in early childhood

Relations between sleep patterns early in life and brain development: A review.

Sleep enhances reconsolidation-based strengthening of visuospatial memories.

Temporal relationships between device-derived sedentary behavior, physical activity, and sleep in early childhood.

Age-related changes in sleep-dependent novel word consolidation

Contributions of memory and brain development to the bioregulation of naps and nap transitions in early childhood

Relations between sleep patterns early in life and brain development: A review

Sleep and human cognitive development

Ageing-related changes in nap neuroscillatory activity are mediated and moderated by grey matter volume.

The memory benefits of two naps per day during infancy: A pilot investigation.

Encoding and consolidation of motor sequence learning in young and older adults.

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Ellen Benjamin

Christine St. Laurent

Ahren Fitzroy

Karen Giuliano

Ilia Karatsoreos

Tracy Riggins

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