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Subjects who sleep after memorizing a 3D computerized maze are better at navigating the maze several hours later than those who did not nap, according to Erin J. Wamsley, a research fellow in psychiatry at the Medical School.
A recent study published last week by a Harvard Medical School research team links napping and dreaming to enhanced memory.
While earlier studies have supported the idea that sleep aids in memory consolidation, Wamsley said that the team was particularly interested in studies where rodents showed identical patterns of neural activity both when navigating through a maze and when sleeping afterward. The researchers, led by Medical School psychiatry professor Robert...
Harvard Medical School Professor Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste has been highlighted in the Harvard magazine Focus for her efforts to increase recruitment of minorities to medical school, spread cultural awareness to medical residents, and increase access to health care for the homeless.
The article in Focus—a biweekly journal covering the Harvard medical community—praised Jean-Baptiste’s accomplishments within the community as well as her remarkable life story.