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and hypotheses about the role of sleep for the consolidation of these skilled behaviors.
1011.3 The formation of declarative memory during human sleep, J. Born, University of
Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
The consolidation of hippocampus-dependent declarative memory has been shown to benefit from
sleep, in particular from slow-wave sleep (SWS). Recent studies outlined some of the underlying
neurophysiological conditions. Slow oscillatory EEG activity and spindle activity arising from
thalamo-cortical circuitry in close conjunction with a hippocampal replay of recent memories
probably form critical parts of the process. Humans display enhanced spindle activity during
SWS-rich sleep after intense declarative learning. Also, declarative memory formation during
SWS is blocked by cholinergic agonists or glucocorticoids, suppressing hippocampo-neocortical
signal transfer. Data speak for an active consolidation of declarative memories based on a
hippocampo-neocortical dialogue.
1011.4 Functional mechanisms of memory consolidation in the sleeping brain. Contributions of
functional brain imaging, P. Peigneux, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
The functional mechanisms by which recent memories are consolidated in the sleeping brain
remain undetermined. In animals, potential mechanisms have been advocated including
ponto-geniculo-occipital (PGO) waves during REM sleep, spindles during Stage II sleep, or
synchronized slow oscillations during slow wave sleep. Functional brain imaging studies have
highlighted the regional cerebral correlates of similar mechanisms in humans. Likewise, we have
shown the experience-dependent reactivation during sleep of the neural circuitry activated during
the learning episode, in a memory-type dependent manner. Correspondence between animal and
human data suggest the implication of fundamental sleep mechanisms in human memory
consolidation.
1012 INVITED SYMPOSIUM
Development of autobiographical memory in social-cultural context
Convener and Chair: K. Nelson, USA
1012.1 An integrative model of lifelong memory development, H. Welzer,
Kulturwissenschaftliches Institute Essen, Essen, Germany
The paper proposes a bio-psycho-social model of lifelong memory development. Basically there is
no stage in postnatal human development that is purely biological and independent of social
conditions. Vice versa there is no developmental stage without a biological precondition of
maturation. It becomes apparent that the relative weight of sociality, culture, and history increases
with age, which makes autobiographical memory in comparison to other memory systems the
most social system. Against this background the paper gives an outline of an interdisciplinary
theory of autobiographical memory.
1012.2 Gender as culturally constructed in autobiographical narratives, R. Fivush, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Recent conceptualizations of culture emphasize the role of skilled practice in the socialization of
culturally critical skills and activities. In this presentation, I explore the ways in which cultural
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