Jessica Payne
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Office: 122-B Haggar Hall
Phone: 574-631-1636
Email: jpayne7@nd.edu
Areas of Expertise
The impact of sleep
Payne’s research focuses on how sleep impacts memory, creativity and the ability to process new ideas — in particular, how new information is processed and transformed by a process known as consolidation, which solidifies memories. Dr. Payne uses two powerful tools to probe memory – sleep and stress. Both provide important mediums for targeting the consolidation process in humans. Dr. Payne combines behavioral, pharmacological and cognitive neuroscientific (EEG, MRI) approaches to investigate these questions. Another line of research examines how disturbances in sleep and stress influence memory consolidation in people with major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders such as post traumatic stress disorder, and how this, in turn, influences psychological functioning.
VIDEOS
ND NEWSWIRE ARTICLES
Sleeping after processing new info most effective, new study shows
Children’s lack of sleep can mean trouble grasping new ideas, Notre Dame research shows
IN THE NEWS
Daily Mail—Wake-up call for teachers: Nodding off in class could actually be the best way to learn
LiveScience—Night Owls More Likely to Experience Nightmares
Businessweek—What Neuroscience Can Teach Leaders
National Geographic—Sleep Cherry-picks Memories, Boosts Cleverness
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