Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School
Trainee Profile
Erin J. Wamsley, PhD
Research Fellow in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Address
Beth Israel Medical Center330 Brookline Avenue, E/RD 862
Boston, MA 02115
USA
Inter-office Mail Address
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, E/FD 862Phone 617-667-8486
Fax 617-667-8498
Email EWamsley@bidmc.harvard.edu
Society Memberships
Sleep Research SocietyAssociation for Psychological Science
Cognitive Neuroscience Society
Research Unit(s)
Center for Sleep and Cognition
Research Interests
Dr. Erin Wamsley is a research fellow at the Center for Sleep and Cognition at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on memory consolidation during human sleep, and specifically on the relationship of these processes to dreaming.
Mentor(s)
Research Funding
Research Training Program in Sleep, Circadian and Respiratory Neurobiology Fellowship
Selected Publications
Wamsley, E.J., Emberger, K., Djonlagic, I., Babkes, L. & Stickgold, R. Cognitive replay of visuomotor learning at sleep onset: Temporal dynamics and relationship to task performance. Sleep. In press.
Manoach DS, Thakkar KN, Stroynowski E, Ely A, McKinley SK, Wamsley E, Djonlagic I, Vangel MG, Goff DC, Stickgold R. Reduced overnight consolidation of procedural learning in chronic medicated schizophrenia is related to specific sleep stages. J Psychiatr Res. 2009 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] [PubMed PMID:19665729]
Payne JD, Schacter DL, Propper RE, Huang LW, Wamsley EJ, Tucker MA, Walker MP,
Stickgold R. The role of sleep in false memory formation. Neurobiol Learn Mem.
2009 Oct;92(3):327-34. Epub 2009 Apr 5. [PMID: 19348959]
Wamsley EJ, Antrobus JS. The expression of trace conditioning during non-REM
sleep and its relation to subjective experience. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009
Oct;92(3):283-91. Epub 2009 Feb 28. [PMID: 19254775]
Wamsley EJ, Hirota Y, Tucker MA, Smith MR, Antrobus JS. Circadian and ultradian influences on dreaming: a dual rhythm model. Brain Res Bull. 2007 Jan 9;71(4):347-54. [PMID: 17208651]
Tucker MA, Hirota Y, Wamsley EJ, Lau H, Chaklader A, Fishbein W. A daytime nap containing solely non-REM sleep enhances declarative but not procedural memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2006 Sep;86(2):241-7. [PMID: 16647282]
Smith MR, Antrobus JS, Gordon E, Tucker MA, Hirota Y, Wamsley EJ, Ross L, Doan
T, Chaklader A, Emery RN. Motivation and affect in REM sleep and the mentation reporting process. Conscious Cogn. 2004 Sep;13(3):501-11. [PMID: 15336244]
Manoach DS, Thakkar KN, Stroynowski E, Ely A, McKinley SK, Wamsley E, Djonlagic I, Vangel MG, Goff DC, Stickgold R. Reduced overnight consolidation of procedural learning in chronic medicated schizophrenia is related to specific sleep stages. J Psychiatr Res. 2009 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] [PubMed PMID:19665729]
Payne JD, Schacter DL, Propper RE, Huang LW, Wamsley EJ, Tucker MA, Walker MP,
Stickgold R. The role of sleep in false memory formation. Neurobiol Learn Mem.
2009 Oct;92(3):327-34. Epub 2009 Apr 5. [PMID: 19348959]
Wamsley EJ, Antrobus JS. The expression of trace conditioning during non-REM
sleep and its relation to subjective experience. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009
Oct;92(3):283-91. Epub 2009 Feb 28. [PMID: 19254775]
Wamsley EJ, Hirota Y, Tucker MA, Smith MR, Antrobus JS. Circadian and ultradian influences on dreaming: a dual rhythm model. Brain Res Bull. 2007 Jan 9;71(4):347-54. [PMID: 17208651]
Tucker MA, Hirota Y, Wamsley EJ, Lau H, Chaklader A, Fishbein W. A daytime nap containing solely non-REM sleep enhances declarative but not procedural memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2006 Sep;86(2):241-7. [PMID: 16647282]
Smith MR, Antrobus JS, Gordon E, Tucker MA, Hirota Y, Wamsley EJ, Ross L, Doan
T, Chaklader A, Emery RN. Motivation and affect in REM sleep and the mentation reporting process. Conscious Cogn. 2004 Sep;13(3):501-11. [PMID: 15336244]
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