Miranda Chappel-Farley, PhD
@mgchappelfarley.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University of Pittsburgh. Cognitive/Sleep Neuroscientist. Interested in how health behaviors influence brain function. Patient Advocate living with OSA. Outdoor Recreation Enthusiast.
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What’s the connection between sleep disruption, the choroid plexus, and brain aging? Find out at my #SfN25 poster where I’ll be sharing new data from the IGNITE study!
Tuesday 11/18, 8AM-12PM
📍Session C.02, LBP070.20
#Neuroscience #SleepPeeps
Tuesday 11/18, 8AM-12PM
📍Session C.02, LBP070.20
#Neuroscience #SleepPeeps
November 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What’s the connection between sleep disruption, the choroid plexus, and brain aging? Find out at my #SfN25 poster where I’ll be sharing new data from the IGNITE study!
Tuesday 11/18, 8AM-12PM
📍Session C.02, LBP070.20
#Neuroscience #SleepPeeps
Tuesday 11/18, 8AM-12PM
📍Session C.02, LBP070.20
#Neuroscience #SleepPeeps
📣 Excited to share our new short report published in JSR! We examined whether older adults with insomnia exhibited differences in rest-activity rhythms (RARs) and cognition, and whether RARs were associated with cognition across domains
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<em>Journal of Sleep Research</em> | ESRS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Insomnia is associated with risk for cognitive deficits. However, the literature assessing cognitive impairments in insomnia is replete with conflicting findings; it is unclear whether individuals wi...
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August 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
📣 Excited to share our new short report published in JSR! We examined whether older adults with insomnia exhibited differences in rest-activity rhythms (RARs) and cognition, and whether RARs were associated with cognition across domains
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Very excited to share the final publication from my dissertation! Using a graph theory approach, we found that differences in medial temporal lobe functional network organization were tied to memory processing and sleep oscillations implicated in consolidation!
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Individual differences in medial temporal lobe functional network architecture predict the capacity for sleep-related consolidation of emotional memories in older adults
AbstractStudy Objectives. Memory consolidation during non-rapid eye movement slow wave sleep (NREM SWS) involves reactivation of a hippocampal index which
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May 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very excited to share the final publication from my dissertation! Using a graph theory approach, we found that differences in medial temporal lobe functional network organization were tied to memory processing and sleep oscillations implicated in consolidation!
academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc...
academic.oup.com/sleep/advanc...
Over the past few years, I’ve shared my personal journey as a sleep scientist living with sleep apnea with other scientists and students to raise awareness and reduce stigma. I’m excited to reach an even broader audience in my recent interview with Parade 🎉
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I Fell Asleep While Driving, Which Led to This Diagnosis
This health condition is often overlooked in women.
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May 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Over the past few years, I’ve shared my personal journey as a sleep scientist living with sleep apnea with other scientists and students to raise awareness and reduce stigma. I’m excited to reach an even broader audience in my recent interview with Parade 🎉
parade.com/health/i-fel...
parade.com/health/i-fel...
Reposted by Miranda Chappel-Farley, PhD
Now out in Sci Rep! We found that physical activity was associated with better memory consolidation during sleep and that theoretically replacing 30m of lower intensity activity with moderate intensity physical activity yielded a significant consolidation benefit!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Engagement in moderate-intensity physical activity supports overnight memory retention in older adults - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Engagement in moderate-intensity physical activity supports overnight memory retention in older adults
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December 30, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Now out in Sci Rep! We found that physical activity was associated with better memory consolidation during sleep and that theoretically replacing 30m of lower intensity activity with moderate intensity physical activity yielded a significant consolidation benefit!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
📢 New preprint! We used network neuroscience techniques to probe central tenets of memory consolidation theory (particularly during sleep)! TL;DR Intrinsic measures of network integration and MTL centrality are tied to sleep oscillations and each phase of emotional memory processing 🧠
Medial temporal lobe functional network architecture supports sleep-related emotional memory processing in older adults https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.27.564260v1
Medial temporal lobe functional network architecture supports sleep-related emotional memory processing in older adults https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.10.27.564260v1
Memory consolidation occurs via reactivation of a hippocampal index during non-rapid eye movement sl
www.biorxiv.org
November 2, 2023 at 12:35 AM
📢 New preprint! We used network neuroscience techniques to probe central tenets of memory consolidation theory (particularly during sleep)! TL;DR Intrinsic measures of network integration and MTL centrality are tied to sleep oscillations and each phase of emotional memory processing 🧠