
← Sleep Science Podcast1 okt 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 Hu
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...