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Sleep to be social: The critical role of sleep and memory for social interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2018

Susanne Diekelmann ,
Frieder M. Paulus  and
Sören Krach
Susanne Diekelmann
Affiliation:
Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. susanne.diekelmann@uni-tuebingen.de http://www.medizin.uni-tuebingen.de/en/Research/Institutes/Medical+Psychology/Staff/Diekelmann_+Susanne_+Dr_+port-80-p-68596.html
Frieder M. Paulus
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Social Neuroscience Lab | SNL, Lübeck University, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM), 23538 Lübeck, Germany. paulus@snl.uni-luebeck.de krach@snl.uni-luebeck.de https://www.snl.uni-luebeck.de/staff/ag-paulus-social-neuroscience-methods/scientific-staff/frieder-paulus.html https://www.snl.uni-luebeck.de/staff/ag-krach-social-neuroscience-in-psychiatry/scientific-staff/soeren-krach.html
Sören Krach
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Social Neuroscience Lab | SNL, Lübeck University, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM), 23538 Lübeck, Germany. paulus@snl.uni-luebeck.de krach@snl.uni-luebeck.de https://www.snl.uni-luebeck.de/staff/ag-paulus-social-neuroscience-methods/scientific-staff/frieder-paulus.html https://www.snl.uni-luebeck.de/staff/ag-krach-social-neuroscience-in-psychiatry/scientific-staff/soeren-krach.html
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Abstract

Humans are highly social animals who critically need to remember information from social episodes in order to successfully navigate future social interactions. We propose that such episodic memories about social encounters are processed during sleep, following the learning experience, with sleep abstracting and consolidating social gist knowledge (e.g., beliefs, first impressions, or stereotypes) about others that supports relationships and interpersonal communication.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e10
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2018 

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