2021

• Beck J, Cordi MJ, Rasch B (2021). Hypnotic Suggestions Increase Slow-Wave Parameters but Decrease Slow-Wave Spindle Coupling. Natur and Science of Sleep. 2021 Aug;13. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S316997

• Beck J, Loretz E, Rasch B (2021). Exposure to relaxing words during sleep promotes slow-wave sleep and subjective sleep quality. Sleep. 2021 Jun 11:zsab148. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab148. Online ahead of print. PMID: 34115139

• Combertaldi SL, Ort A, Cordi M, Fahr A, Rasch B. Pre-sleep social media use does not strongly disturb sleep: a sleep laboratory study in healthy young participants. Sleep Med. 2021 Sep 20;87:191-202. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.09.009. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34627122.

• Cordi MJ, Rasch B (2021). No evidence for intra-individual correlations between sleep-mediated declarative memory consolidation and slow-wave sleep. Sleep. 2021 Feb 16:zsab034. doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsab034. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33590257

• Cordi MJ., Rasch B. (2021). Systematic decrease of slow-wave sleep after a guided imagery designed to deepen sleep in low hypnotizable subjects. J Sleep Res. 2021 Jun; 30(3):e13168. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13168 Epub 2020 Aug 17. PMID: 32805770; PMCID: PMC8244109.

• Dimanico MM, Klaassen AL, Wang J, Kaeser M, Harvey M, Rasch B, Rainer G (2021). Aspects of tree shrew consolidated sleep structure resemble human sleep. Commun Biol. 2021 Jun 11;4(1):722. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02234-7. PMID: 34117351

• Gvozdanovic G., Seifritz E., Stämpfli P., Canna A., Rasch B., Esposito F. (2021). Experimental trauma rapidly modifies functional connectivity. Brain Imaging Behavior. 2021 Aug; 15(4):2017-2030. doi: 10.1007/s11682-020-00396-2 Epub 2020 Sep 28. PMID: 32989650; PMCID: PMC8413225.

• Hülsemann MJ, Rasch B (2021). Embodiment of sleep-related words: Evidence from event-related potentials. Psychophysiology. 2021 Aug;58(8):e13824. doi: 10.1111/psyp.13824 . Epub 2021 May 4. PMID: 33942324

2020

• Combertaldi SL., Rasch B. (2020). Healthy Sleepers Can Worsen Their Sleep by Wanting to Do so: The Effects of Intention on Objective and Subjective Sleep Parameters. Nat Sci Sleep. 2020 Nov 11; 12:981-997. doi: 10.2147/NSS.S270376

• Cordi MJ., Rasch B. (2020). How robust are sleep-mediated memory benefits? Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2020; 67:1-7. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2020.06.002

• Cordi MJ., Rossier L & Rasch B. (2020). Hypnotic Suggestions Given Before Nighttime Sleep Extend Slow-wave Sleep as Compared to a Control Text in Highly Hypnotizable Subjects. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 68:1, 105-129. doi: 10.1080/00207144.2020.1687260
• Erlacher D., Schmid D., Schuler S., Rasch B. (2020).Inducing lucid dreams by olfactory-cued reactivation of reality testing during early-morning sleep: A proof of concept. Conscious Cogn. 2020 Jun 19;83:102975. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.102975. PMID: 32570154
• Muehlroth BE., Rasch B., Werkle-Bergner M. (2020). Episodic memory consolidation during sleep in healthy aging. Sleep Med Rev. 2020 Mar 16;52:101304. doi: 10.1016/J.SMRV.2020.101304. PMID: 32278267
• Muehlroth BE., Sander MC., Fandakova Y., Grandy TH., Rasch B., Lee Shing Y., Werkle-Bergner M. (2020). Memory quality modulates the effect of aging on memory consolidation during sleep: Reduced maintenance but intact gain. Neuroimage. 2020 Apr 1; 209:116490. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116490
• Rasch B. (2020). Sleep and Plasticity: Do We Consolidate Memories Separately in Each Hemisphere? Curr Biol. 2020 Apr 20;30(8):R349-R351. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.02.079. PMID: 32315633
• Schmidt B., Hoffmann E., Rasch B. (in press). Feel safe and money is less important! Hypnotic suggestions of safety decrease brain responses to monetary rewards in a risk game. Cerebral Cortex Communications. tgaa050
• Wilhelm I., Schreiner T., Beck J., Rasch B. (2020). No effect of targeted memory reactivation during sleep on retention of vocabulary in adolescents. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 6;10(1):4255. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-61183-z. PMID: 32144326

• 2019
  • Ackermann S, Cordi M, La Marca R, Seifritz E and Rasch B. (2019). Psychosocial Stress Before a Nap Increases Sleep Latency and Decreases Early Slow-Wave Activity. Front. Psychol, 10:20. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00020
  • Göldi M., Rasch B. (2019). Effects of targeted memory reactivation during sleep at home depend on sleep disturbances and habituation. Science of Learning, 4:5. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-019-0044-2
  • Göldi, M., van Poppel, E.A.M., Rasch, B., & Schreiner, T. (2019). Increased neuronal signatures of targeted memory reactivation during slow-wave up states. Scientific Reports, 9: 2715. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-39178-2
  • Muehlroth, B. E., Sander, M. C., Fandakova, Y., Grandy, T. H., Rasch, B., Shing, Y. L., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2019). Precise slow oscillation-spindle coupling promotes memory consolidation in younger and older adults. Scientific Reports, 9: 1940. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36557-z
  • Muehlroth, B. E., Sander, M. C., Fandakova, Y., Grandy, T. H., Rasch, B., Shing, Y. L., & Werkle-Bergner, M. (2019). Memory quality modulates the effect of aging on memory consolidation during sleep: Reduced maintenance but intact gain. NeuroImage: 116490. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116490
• 2018
  • Rasch B., (2018). Let’s replay. Elife 2018 Dec 18;7. pii: e43832. doi: 10.7554/eLife.43832
  • Brodt, S. Gais, J. Beck, M. Erb, K. Scheffler2, M. Schönauer (2018). Fast track to the neocortex: A memory engram in the posterior parietal cortex. Science 362, 1045–1048 (2018) 30 November 2018, doi: 10.1126/science.aau2528
  • Cordi MJ., Schreiner T. & Rasch B. (2018). No effect of vocabulary reactivation in older adults. Neuropsychologia. Aug;25: 119253-261. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.08.021 [Epub 2018 Aug 25].
  • Klinzing JG., Kugler S., Soekadar SR., Rasch B., Born J. & Diekelmann S. (2018). Odor cueing during slow-wave sleep benefits memory independently of low cholinergic tone. Psychopharmacology (Berl). Jan; 235(1):291-299. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4768-5. Epub 2017 Nov 8.

  • Renevey P, Delgado-Gonzalo R, Lemkaddem A, Verjus C, Combertaldi S, Rasch B, Leeners B, Dammeier F, Kuubler F. (2018). Respiratory and cardiac monitoring at night using a wrist wearable optical system. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2018 Jul;2018:2861-2864. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512881.

  • Schoch SF., Cordi MJ., Schredl M. & Rasch B. (2018). The effect of dream report collection and dream incorporation on memory consolidation during sleep. J Sleep Res. Aug 8:e12754.doi: 10.1111/jsr.12754. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Seibold M., Rasch B., Born J. & Diekelmann S. (2018). Reactivation of interference during sleep does not impair ongoing memory consolidation. Memory. Mar;26(3):377-384. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2017.1329442. Epub 2017 May 24.

  • Schreiner T, Doeller CF, Jensen O, Rasch B, Staudigl T. (2018). Theta Phase-Coordinated Memory Reactivation Reoccurs in a Slow-Oscillatory Rhythm during NREM Sleep. Cell Rep. 2018 Oct 9;25(2):296-301. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.09.037.

• 2017
  • Groch S., Schreiner T., Rasch B., Huber R. & Wilhelm I. (2017). Prior knowledge is essential for the beneficial effect of targeted memory reactivation during sleep. Sci Rep. 7:39763. doi: 10.1038/srep39763.
  • Groch S., Preiss A., McMakin DL., Rasch B., Walitza S., Huber R. & Wilhelm I. (2017). Targeted Reactivation during Sleep Differentially Affects Negative Memories in Socially Anxious and Healthy Children and Adolescents. J Neurosci. 37(9):2425-2434. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1912-16.2017. Epub 2017 Jan 31.
  • Gvozdanovic GA., Stämpfli P., Seifritz E. & Rasch B. (2017). Neural correlates of experimental trauma memory retrieval. Hum Brain Mapp. Apr 17. doi: 10.1002/hbm.23613. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Klinzing JG., Kugler S., Soekadar SR., Rasch B., Born J. & Diekelmann S. (2017). Odor cueing during slow-wave sleep benefits memory independently of low cholinergic tone. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2017 Nov 8. doi: 10.1007/s00213-017-4768-5. [Epub ahead of print].
  • Rasch B. (2017). Sleep and language learning. Brain Lang. Apr;167:1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.bandl.2017.02.002. Epub 2017 Mar 3.
  • Schmidt B., Mussel P., Osinsky R., Rasch B., Debener S., Hewig J. (2017). Work first then play: Prior task difficulty increases motivation-related brain responses in a risk game. Biol Psychol. May;126:82-88. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.04.010. Epub 2017 Apr 23.
  • Schoch SF., Cordi MJ. & Rasch B. (2017). Modulating influences of memory strength and sensitivity of the retrieval test on the detectability of the sleep consolidation effect. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2017 Nov;145:181-189. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2017.10.009. Epub 2017 Oct 10.
  • Seibold M., Rasch B., Born J. & Diekelmann S. (2017). Reactivation of interference during sleep does not impair ongoing memory consolidation. Memory. May 24:1-8. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2017.1329442. [Epub ahead of print].
• 2016
  • Diekelmann S., Born J. & Rasch B. (2016). Increasing Explicit Sequence Knowledge by Odor Cueing during Sleep in Men but not Women. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 10:74.
  • Groch S., McMakin D., Guggenbühl P., Rasch B., Huber R., Wilhelm I. (2016). Memory cueing during sleep modifies the interpretation of ambiguous scenes in adolescents and adults, Dev Cogn Neurosci. 17:10-8.
  • Jurewicz K., Cordi MJ., Staudigl T. & Rasch B. (2016). No Evidence for Memory Decontextualization across One Night of Sleep. Front Hum Neurosci. 10:7.
  • Kleim B., Wysokowsky J., Schmid N., Seifritz E. & Rasch B. (2016). Effects of Sleep After Experimental Trauma on Intrusive Emotional Memories. Sleep. 39(12):2125-2132.
  • Klinzing JG., Rasch B., Born J., Diekelmann S. (2016). Sleep's role in the reconsolidation of declarative memories. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 136:166-173. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2016.10.004.
  • Lehmann M., Schreiner T., Seifritz E. & Rasch B. (2016). Emotional arousal modulates oscillatory correlates of targeted memory reactivation during NREM, but not REM sleep. Sci Rep. 6:39229. doi: 10.1038/srep39229
  • Lehmann M., Seifritz E. & Rasch B. (2016). Sleep benefits emotional and neutral associative memories equally, Somnologie. 20(1):47-53.
  • Luethi Ms., Friese M., Binder J. Boesiger P., Luechinger R. & Rasch B. (2016). Motivational incentives lead to a strong increase in lateral prefrontal activity after self-control exertion. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. Oct;11(10):1618-26. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsw073.
  • Nair J., Klaassen AL., Poirot J., Vyssotski A., Rasch B., Rainer G. (2016). Gamma band directional interactions between basal forebrain and visual cortex during wake and sleep states. J Physiol Paris. 110(1-2):19-28. doi: 10.1016/j.jphysparis.2016.11.011.
  • Rihm JS, Sollberger SB, Soravia LM & Rasch B. (2016). Re-presentation of Olfactory Exposure Therapy Success Cues during Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep did not Increase Therapy Outcome but Increased Sleep Spindles. Front Hum Neurosci. 10:340.
  • Schreiner T. & Rasch B. (2016) To gain or not to gain - The complex role of sleep for memory: Comment on Dumay.Cortex. pii: S0010-9452(16)30165-4.
  • Schreiner T. & Rasch B. (2016) The beneficial role of memory reactivation for language learning during sleep: A review. Brain Lang. pii: S0093-934X(15)30107-3.
• 2015
  • Ackermann S, Hartmann F, Papassotiropoulos A, de Quervain DJ, Rasch B. (2015). No Associations between Interindividual Differences in Sleep Parameters and Episodic Memory Consolidation. Sleep. 38(6):951-9.
  • Cordi MJ, Hirsiger S, Mérillat S & Rasch B. (2015). Improving sleep and cognition by hypnotic suggestion in the elderly. Neuropsychologia. 69:176-82.
  • Kleim B, Wilhelm FH, Temp I, Margraf J, Wiederhold BK, Rasch B. (2015). Simply avoiding reactivating fear memoryafter exposure therapy may help to consolidate fear extinction memory--a reply. Psychol Med. 45(4):887-8.
  • Rasch B., Born J. (2015). In search of a role of REM sleep in memory formation. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 122:1-3.
  • Rihm JS, Rasch B. (2015). Replay of conditioned stimuli during late REM and stage N2 sleep influences affective tone rather than emotional memory strength. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 122:142-51.
  • Schreiner, T. & Rasch, B. (2015). Boosting Vocabulary Learning by Verbal Cueing During Sleep. Cerebral Cortex. 25(11):4169-79.
  • Schreiner T, Lehmann M, Rasch B. (2015). Auditory feedback blocks memory benefits of cueing during sleep. Nat Communications. 6:8729.
  • Schreiner T, Göldi M, Rasch B. (2015). Cueing vocabulary during sleep increases theta activity during later recognition testing. Psychophysiology. 52(11):1538-43.
  • Schreiner T. & Rasch B., (2015). Cueing vocabulary in awake subjects during the day has no effect on memorySomnologie - Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin: Volume 19, Issue 2, 133-140.
  • Soravia LM, Nakataki M, Federspiel A, Schwab S, Horn H, Schmitt W, Jann K, Dierks T, Strik W, Wiest R, Rasch B, Heinrichs M, de Quervain D. (2015). The neural correlates of the fear-reducing effects of glucocorticoids in phobia. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 61:46-7.