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Steffen Gais is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and primarily works within the field of neuroscience. Their research encompasses cognitive neuroscience as the dominant subfield, supported by contributions to cellular and molecular neuroscience, experimental and cognitive psychology, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scholar's work engages deeply with topics related to memory and neural mechanisms, sleep and wakefulness research, and neural dynamics and brain function. Further areas of interest include memory processes and influences, neuroscience and neuropharmacology research, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, and sleep and related disorders.

Recent notable papers authored by Steffen Gais include:

  • The precuneus as a central node in declarative memory retrieval, 2023, Cerebral Cortex
  • Evidence against a large effect of sleep in protecting verbal memories from interference, 2020, Journal of Sleep Research
  • Memory Engrams in the Neocortex, 2020, The Neuroscientist
  • Pre-sleep experiences shape neural activity and dream content in the sleeping brain, 2023, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Reactivation strength during cued recall is modulated by graph distance within cognitive maps, 2023, eLife

Steffen Gais has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, most prominently with Monika Schönauer, followed by Svenja Brodt, Deniz Kumral, Jessica Palmieri, and Simon Kern.

Their research output has been published across a variety of venues, with a strong presence in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), alongside contributions to eLife, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Cerebral Cortex, and the Journal of Sleep Research.

Best Publications

  • Odor cues during slow-wave sleep prompt declarative memory consolidation.

    Björn Rasch;Christian Büchel;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Sleep inspires insight

    Ullrich Wagner;Steffen Gais;Hilde Haider;Rolf Verleger

  • Learning-dependent increases in sleep spindle density.

    Steffen Gais;Matthias Mölle;Kay Helms;Jan Born

  • Sleep to Remember

    Jan Born;Björn Rasch;Steffen Gais

  • Emotional Memory Formation Is Enhanced across Sleep Intervals with High Amounts of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Ullrich Wagner;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Early sleep triggers memory for early visual discrimination skills

    Steffen Gais;Werner Plihal;Ullrich Wagner;Jan Born

  • Declarative memory consolidation: Mechanisms acting during human sleep

    Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Grouping of Spindle Activity during Slow Oscillations in Human Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep

    Matthias Mölle;Lisa Marshall;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Sleep after learning aids memory recall

    Steffen Gais;Brian Lucas;Jan Born

  • Hemodynamic cerebral correlates of sleep spindles during human non-rapid eye movement sleep.

    M. Schabus;T. T. Dang-Vu;G. Albouy;E. Balteau

  • Spontaneous neural activity during human slow wave sleep

    Thien Thanh Dang-Vu;Manuel Schabus;Martin Desseilles;Geneviève Albouy

  • Sleep transforms the cerebral trace of declarative memories

    Steffen Gais;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Thien Thanh Dang-Vu

  • Low acetylcholine during slow-wave sleep is critical for declarative memory consolidation

    Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • The influence of learning on sleep slow oscillations and associated spindles and ripples in humans and rats

    Matthias Mölle;Oxana Eschenko;Steffen Gais;Susan J. Sara

  • Wavelength-Dependent Modulation of Brain Responses to a Working Memory Task by Daytime Light Exposure

    Gilles Vandewalle;S. Gais;Manuel Schabus;Evelyne Balteau

  • Learning increases human electroencephalographic coherence during subsequent slow sleep oscillations

    Matthias Mölle;Lisa Marshall;Steffen Gais;Jan Born

  • Sleep-Related Hippocampo-Cortical Interplay during Emotional Memory Recollection

    Virginie Sterpenich;Geneviève Albouy;Mélanie Boly;Gilles Vandewalle

  • Tinnitus Intensity Dependent Gamma Oscillations of the Contralateral Auditory Cortex

    Elsa van der Loo;Steffen Gais;Marco Congedo;Sven Vanneste

  • Strengthening procedural memories by reactivation in sleep

    Monika Schönauer;Teresa Geisler;Steffen Gais

  • Fast track to the neocortex: A memory engram in the posterior parietal cortex.

    Svenja Brodt;Svenja Brodt;Steffen Gais;Jonas Beck;Michael Erb

  • Homeostatic Sleep Pressure and Responses to Sustained Attention in the Suprachiasmatic Area

    Christina Schmidt;Fabienne Collette;Yves Leclercq;Virginie Sterpenich

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Born
Jan Born University of Tübingen
Gilles Vandewalle
Gilles Vandewalle University of Liège
Pierre Maquet
Pierre Maquet University of Liège
Martin Desseilles
Martin Desseilles University of Namur
Virginie Sterpenich
Virginie Sterpenich University of Geneva
Manuel Schabus
Manuel Schabus University of Salzburg
Philippe Peigneux
Philippe Peigneux Université Libre de Bruxelles
Geneviève Albouy
Geneviève Albouy University of Utah
André Luxen
André Luxen University of Liège
Evelyne Balteau
Evelyne Balteau University of Liège

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