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166 - Robert Stickgold: Dreams and the Role of Sleep in Memory and Emotional Processing

166 - Robert Stickgold: Dreams and the Role of Sleep in Memory and Emotional Processing

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Robert Stickgold is Professor of Pyschiatry at Harvard Medical
School, where he researches sleep and dreams from a cognitive
neuroscience perspective. In this episode, Bob and Robinson
discuss the role of sleep in memory processing and emotional
regulation, how sleep deprivation affects performance, and the
evolutionary purpose and function of dreams.

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:17 Introduction

03:06 Why Study Sleep?

12:04 How Does the Brain Process Different Types of Memories?

20:45 How Does Sleep Affect Memory Processing?

33:10 How Does Sleep Deprivation Affect Memory Processing?

50:58 What Is The Connection Between Sleep and Emotions

01:09:03 How Do PTSD, Autism, and Schizophrenia Affect Sleep

01:32:00 An Interest in Dreams

01:34:05 Was Freud Wrong About Dreams?

02:03:29 On Hypnogogic Dreams

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Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of
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