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Presented by Washington State University \u2013 Sleep and Performance Research Center<\/p>\n

From Sleep Oscillations to Learning: Insights from Phase-Locked Acoustic Stimulation<\/h2>\n

March 10, 2026
\n12:10 \u2013 1:00 p.m. PDT
\nSAC 147 or Zoom<\/a><\/h3>\n

Meeting ID: 950 1476 4671
\nPasscode: 341571<\/p>\n

Speaker<\/h4>\n

Reto Huber, PhD
\nProfessor, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland<\/p>\n

\"Reto<\/p>\n

Dr. Huber’s lab has long and outstanding expertise in sleep and signal analysis with a focus on high density electroencephalography (EEG) in combination with other neuroimaging techniques (MRI, NIRS). His research currently focuses on the application of these techniques in pediatric populations with the goal to gain insights into the relationship between brain maturation and sleep in health and disease. Most recently, they established closed-loop auditory stimulation using high-density EEG in their lab to investigate causal relationships between neuronal patterns and behavioral outcome.<\/p>\n

Talk Abstract<\/h4>\n

We investigate the relationship between sleep oscillations and learning-related processes using a targeted perturbation approach. Brief, non-arousing acoustic stimuli are delivered in a phase-locked manner to key non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep oscillations, enabling selective modulation of slow waves, sleep spindles, and their hierarchical coupling. This approach provides mechanistic insights into how these oscillations are generated and how they support learning and memory consolidation. We further translate these findings to clinical contexts, for example by examining how alterations in sleep electrophysiology contribute to disease mechanisms in pediatric epilepsy.<\/p>\n

Questions? Contact Michelle Sanchez at michelle.r.sanchez@wsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reto Huber, PhD, Professor, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland presents From Sleep Oscillations to Learning: Insights from Phase-Locked Acoustic Stimulation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[],"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[72,66],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"event_city":"Spokane","event_state":"WA","event_venue":"SAC 147","event_organizer":"","event_organizer_email":"","event_organizer_phone":"","event_organizer_website":"","event_website":"","event_cost":"","event_excerpt":"Presented by Washington State University \u2013 Sleep and Performance Research Center\nFrom Sleep Oscillations to Learning: Insights from Phase-Locked Acoustic Stimulation\nMarch 10, 2026\n12:10 \u2013 1:00 p.m. PDT\nSAC 147 or Zoom\nMeeting ID: 950 1476 4671\nPasscode: 341571\nSpeaker\nReto Huber, PhD\nProfessor, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland\n\nDr. Huber’s lab has long and outstanding expertise in sleep and signal analysis with a focus on high density electroencephalography (EEG) in combination with other neuroimaging techniques (MRI, NIRS). His research currently focuses on the application of these techniques in pediatric populations with the goal to gain insights into the relationship between brain maturation and sleep in health and disease. Most recently, they established closed-loop auditory stimulation using high-density EEG in their lab to investigate causal relationships between neuronal patterns and behavioral outcome.\nTalk Abstract\nWe investigate the relationship between sleep oscillations and learning-related processes using a targeted perturbation approach. Brief, non-arousing acoustic stimuli are delivered in a phase-locked manner to key non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep oscillations, enabling selective modulation of slow waves, sleep spindles, and their hierarchical coupling. This approach provides mechanistic insights into how these oscillations are generated and how they support learning and memory consolidation. We further translate these findings to clinical contexts, for example by examining how alterations in sleep electrophysiology contribute to disease mechanisms in pediatric epilepsy.\nQuestions? Contact Michelle Sanchez at michelle.r.sanchez@wsu.edu.","start_date":"2026-03-10 12:10:00","end_date":"2026-03-10 13:00:00","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/35708"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/35708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35799,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/35708\/revisions\/35799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35708"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=35708"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=35708"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=35708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}