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Overview

Martin Dresler is affiliated with Radboud University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on neuroscience, with a specialization in cognitive neuroscience and experimental and cognitive psychology. Additional subfields of study include endocrine and autonomic systems, statistics, probability and uncertainty, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

Their research covers key topics such as sleep and wakefulness research, sleep and related disorders, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, neural dynamics and brain function, memory and neural mechanisms, circadian rhythm and melatonin, and functional brain connectivity studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin Dresler include:

  • Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep, 2021, Current Biology
  • A set of composite, non-redundant EEG measures of NREM sleep based on the power law scaling of the Fourier spectrum, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Cognitive enhancement effects of stimulants: a randomized controlled trial testing methylphenidate, modafinil, and caffeine, 2020, Psychopharmacology
  • Mapping the multicausality of Alzheimer's disease through group model building, 2020, GeroScience
  • Scale-free and oscillatory spectral measures of sleep stages in humans, 2022, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin Dresler include:

  • Frederik D. Weber
  • Róbert Bódizs
  • Péter P. Ujma
  • Axel Steiger
  • Péter Simor

Their scientific articles have been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Best Publications

  • The interaction between sleep quality and academic performance

    K. Ahrberg;Martin Dresler;S. Niedermaier;Axel Steiger

  • Neural Correlates of Dream Lucidity Obtained from Contrasting Lucid versus Non-Lucid REM Sleep: A Combined EEG/fMRI Case Study

    Martin Dresler;Renate Wehrle;Victor I. Spoormaker;Stefan P. Koch

  • Development of a Large-Scale Functional Brain Network during Human Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Victor I. Spoormaker;Manuel S. Schröter;Pablo M. Gleiser;Katia C. Andrade

  • Light sleep versus slow wave sleep in memory consolidation: a question of global versus local processes?

    Lisa Genzel;Marijn C.W. Kroes;Martin Dresler;Francesco P. Battaglia;Francesco P. Battaglia

  • Non-pharmacological cognitive enhancement.

    Martin Dresler;Anders Sandberg;Kathrin Ohla;Christoph Bublitz

  • Dreamed Movement Elicits Activation in the Sensorimotor Cortex

    Martin Dresler;Stefan P. Koch;Renate Wehrle;Victor I. Spoormaker

  • Mnemonic Training Reshapes Brain Networks to Support Superior Memory

    Martin Dresler;Martin Dresler;William R. Shirer;Boris N. Konrad;Boris N. Konrad;Nils C.J. Müller

  • Sleep spindles and hippocampal functional connectivity in human NREM sleep.

    Katia C. Andrade;Victor I. Spoormaker;Martin Dresler;Renate Wehrle

  • The cognitive neuroscience of lucid dreaming.

    Benjamin Baird;Sergio A. Mota-Rolim;Martin Dresler

  • The role of rapid eye movement sleep for amygdala-related memory processing

    L.K.E. Genzel;V.I. Spoormaker;B.N. Konrad;M. Dresler

  • Effects of rapid eye movement sleep deprivation on fear extinction recall and prediction error signaling.

    Victor I. Spoormaker;Manuel S. Schröter;Kátia C. Andrade;Martin Dresler

  • Slow Wave Sleep and REM Sleep Awakenings Do Not Affect Sleep Dependent Memory Consolidation

    Lisa Genzel;Martin Dresler;Renate Wehrle;Michael Grözinger

  • Sex and modulatory menstrual cycle effects on sleep related memory consolidation.

    Lisa Genzel;Teresa Kiefer;Lisa Renner;Renate Wehrle

  • Progesterone reduces wakefulness in sleep EEG and has no effect on cognition in healthy postmenopausal women

    P. Schüssler;M. Kluge;A. Yassouridis;M. Dresler

  • Increased nocturnal secretion of ACTH and cortisol in obsessive compulsive disorder

    Michael Kluge;Petra Schüssler;Heike E. Künzel;Martin Dresler

  • Medial Prefrontal-Hippocampal Connectivity and Motor Memory Consolidation in Depression and Schizophrenia

    Lisa Genzel;Lisa Genzel;Martin Dresler;Marion Cornu;Eugen Jäger

  • Hacking the Brain: Dimensions of Cognitive Enhancement

    Martin Dresler;Anders Sandberg;Christoph Bublitz;Kathrin Ohla

  • Metacognitive Mechanisms Underlying Lucid Dreaming

    Elisa Filevich;Martin Dresler;Timothy R. Brick;Simone Kühn

  • Effects of ghrelin on psychopathology, sleep and secretion of cortisol and growth hormone in patients with major depression

    Michael Kluge;Petra Schüssler;Martin Dresler;Doreen Schmidt

  • Real-time dialogue between experimenters and dreamers during REM sleep

    Karen R. Konkoly;Kristoffer Appel;Emma Chabani;Anastasia Mangiaruga

  • Ghrelin levels increase after pictures showing food.

    Petra Schüssler;Michael Kluge;Alexander Yassouridis;Martin Dresler

  • Slow wave sleep and REM sleep awakenings do not affect sleep dependent memory consolidation

    L Genzel;M Dresler;R Wehrle;M Kluge

Frequent Co-Authors

Róbert Bódizs
Róbert Bódizs Semmelweis University
Alexander Yassouridis
Alexander Yassouridis Max Planck Society
Michael Czisch
Michael Czisch Max Planck Society
Guillén Fernández
Guillén Fernández Radboud University
Victor I. Spoormaker
Victor I. Spoormaker Max Planck Society
Simone Kühn
Simone Kühn Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Philipp G. Sämann
Philipp G. Sämann Max Planck Society
Hellmuth Obrig
Hellmuth Obrig Max Planck Society
Indira Tendolkar
Indira Tendolkar Radboud University
Emma Sciberras
Emma Sciberras Deakin University

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