Sleep Science Podcast

← Sleep Science Podcast1 Oct 2025 · 49 min

S3E7 - Can sleep help us unlearn negative bias and update disturbing memories?- Xiaoqing Hu

S3E7 - Can sleep help us unlearn negative bias and update disturbing memories?- Xiaoqing Hu1 Oct 202549 min

Can sleep help us unlearn biases and make our memories more positive? Implicit biases are unconscious stereotypes that influence our judgments and decisions - like assuming a particular gender for a specific job role. But what if we could change these biases? In this episode, we explore how manipulations of sleep might help reshape our implicit attitudes. We speak with Professor Xiaoqing Hu, a leading researcher in the use of Targeted Memory Reactivation (TMR) during sleep to alter implicit b...