Jay Lord

Overview

BSc Manchester Metropolitan university (Psychology)

MSc University of York (Cognitive Neuroscience) 

Current PhD student @ Cardiff 

My research interests mainly involve sleep, states of consciousness and how the brain integrates new information and creates models. 

My current project utilises a technique known as targeted memory reactivation (TMR) (Rasch et al. 2007; Rudoy et al. 2009; Cellini and Capuozzo 2018) during slow wave sleep (SWS) slow occilations (SOs) 'up-states' in order to strengthen a particular form of memory. We aim to understand the effect of TMR upon this concept behaviourally and also investigate evidence for long-term structural / functional changes to the brain using follow-up MRI and DTI scanning.  

Cellini, Nicola, and Alessandra Capuozzo. 2018. “Shaping Memory Consolidation via Targeted Memory Reactivation during Sleep.” Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, May. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13855.

Rasch, Björn, Christian Büchel, Steffen Gais, and Jan Born. 2007. “Odor Cues during Slow-Wave Sleep Prompt Declarative Memory Consolidation.” Science 315 (5817): 1426–29.

Rudoy, John D., Joel L. Voss, Carmen E. Westerberg, and Ken A. Paller. 2009. “Strengthening Individual Memories by Reactivating Them during Sleep.” Science 326 (5956): 1079.