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Matthew P. Walker is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Neuroscience and Psychology, with a substantial number of publications in related subfields such as Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physiology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's main areas of study include Sleep and Wakefulness Research, Sleep and Related Disorders, Neural Dynamics and Brain Function, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, and Restless Legs Syndrome Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Matthew P. Walker cover a range of topics surrounding sleep physiology and its broader impacts. Selected works include:

  • An electrophysiological marker of arousal level in humans, 2020, eLife
  • An open-source, high-performance tool for automated sleep staging, 2021, eLife
  • Sleep Loss and the Socio-Emotional Brain, 2020, Trends in Cognitive Sciences
  • Sleep Disturbance Forecasts β-Amyloid Accumulation across Subsequent Years, 2020, Current Biology
  • Impact of insufficient sleep on dysregulated blood glucose control under standardised meal conditions, 2021, Diabetologia

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Walker include Raphaël Vallat, Eti Ben Simon, Bryce A. Mander, William J. Jagust, and Robert T. Knight. These collaborations appear across multiple publications and contribute to the research in sleep and brain function.

Walker's articles have been published across a variety of venues, with notable frequency in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Biology, Alzheimer's & Dementia, eLife, and UNC Libraries. This indicates a presence in journals that focus on both foundational biological research and clinical aspects related to neurodegeneration and cognitive health.

Best Publications

  • Practice with Sleep Makes Perfect: Sleep-Dependent Motor Skill Learning

    Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;Alexandra Morgan;J.Allan Hobson

  • The human emotional brain without sleep — a prefrontal amygdala disconnect

    Seung Schik Yoo;Ninad Gujar;Peter Hu;Ferenc A. Jolesz

  • Dissociable stages of human memory consolidation and reconsolidation

    Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;J. Allan Hobson;Robert Stickgold

  • Sleep, memory, and plasticity.

    Matthew P. Walker;Robert Stickgold

  • Sleep-Dependent Learning and Memory Consolidation

    Matthew P. Walker;Robert Stickgold

  • Overnight therapy? The role of sleep in emotional brain processing.

    Matthew P. Walker;Els van der Helm

  • The Role of Sleep in Cognition and Emotion

    Matthew P. Walker

  • The sleep-deprived human brain

    Adam J. Krause;Eti Ben Simon;Bryce A. Mander;Stephanie M. Greer

  • Sleep and Human Aging

    Bryce A. Mander;Joseph R. Winer;Matthew P. Walker;Matthew P. Walker

  • Acetylcholine in mind: a neurotransmitter correlate of consciousness?

    Elaine Perry;Matthew Walker;Jan Grace;Robert Perry

  • The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Function

    Andrea N. Goldstein;Matthew P. Walker

  • Sleep-dependent memory triage: evolving generalization through selective processing

    Robert Stickgold;Matthew P Walker

  • A deficit in the ability to form new human memories without sleep

    Seung-Schik Yoo;Peter T Hu;Ninad Gujar;Ferenc A Jolesz

  • REM Sleep, Prefrontal Theta, and the Consolidation of Human Emotional Memory

    Masaki Nishida;Jori Pearsall;Jori Pearsall;Randy Lee Buckner;Randy Lee Buckner;Matthew P. Walker

  • Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation and Reconsolidation

    Robert Stickgold;Matthew P. Walker

  • Daytime naps, motor memory consolidation and regionally specific sleep spindles.

    Masaki Nishida;Matthew P. Walker

  • Prefrontal atrophy, disrupted NREM slow waves and impaired hippocampal-dependent memory in aging

    Bryce A Mander;Vikram Rao;Brandon Lu;Jared M Saletin

  • Sleep and the time course of motor skill learning.

    Matthew P. Walker;Tiffany Brakefield;Joshua Seidman;Alexandra Morgan

  • Sleep, Plasticity and Memory from Molecules to Whole-Brain Networks

    Ted Abel;Robbert Havekes;Jared M Saletin;Matthew P Walker;Matthew P Walker

  • Human relational memory requires time and sleep

    Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen;Peter T. Hu;Jessica D. Payne;Debra Titone

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Stickgold
Robert Stickgold Harvard Medical School
William J. Jagust
William J. Jagust University of California, Berkeley
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
J. Allan Hobson
J. Allan Hobson Harvard University
John T. O'Brien
John T. O'Brien University of Cambridge
Martin J. Tovée
Martin J. Tovée Northumbria University
Elaine K. Perry
Elaine K. Perry Newcastle University
Robert T. Knight
Robert T. Knight University of California, Berkeley
Jessica D. Payne
Jessica D. Payne University of Notre Dame
Robert H. Perry
Robert H. Perry Newcastle University

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