Sarah F. Schoch
@sarahschoch.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University Children's Hospital Zürich - Focused on sleep in development and dreaming.
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Empirically, more extensive project descriptions do not affect the eventual decision anyway:
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Do grant proposal texts matter for funding decisions? A field experiment - Scientometrics
Scientists and funding agencies invest considerable resources in writing and evaluating grant proposals. But do grant proposal texts noticeably change panel decisions in single blind review? We report...
link.springer.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Empirically, more extensive project descriptions do not affect the eventual decision anyway:
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"We find that withholding proposal texts from panelists did not
detectibly impact their proposal rankings."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
😴 Sleep stabilises old memories and supports new learning. Are these benefits of sleep causally linked, driven by a common underlying mechanism, or largely independent? Our new paper digs into this important question!
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
At #SFN2025? Into sleep, brain rhythms, or single-unit–based memory reactivation? Then you absolutely should check out @fabian31415.bsky.social's poster. I might be biased, but this is some truly awesome work.
#neurosky #neuroskyence
#neurosky #neuroskyence
Excited to present our recent work on how sequential coupling of sleep oscillations enables concept-neuron reactivation and supports information flow across the human hippocampal–cortical circuit. #SFN2025 Board NN12 Nov 19 8 AM–12 PM #sleep #memory #HumanSingleNeuron
Schreiner Lab x Mormann Lab
Schreiner Lab x Mormann Lab
November 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
At #SFN2025? Into sleep, brain rhythms, or single-unit–based memory reactivation? Then you absolutely should check out @fabian31415.bsky.social's poster. I might be biased, but this is some truly awesome work.
#neurosky #neuroskyence
#neurosky #neuroskyence
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Registration is open. Please spread the word. The preliminary schedule will be up on the site later this month, and we've got an amazing line up!
#CNS2026 | Satellite - International Sleep Replay Workshop
Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Salon F
The workshop is open to all: experience with sleep research is not required. Register here: isrw.bio.uci.edu Registration Deadline, February 15th
@cogneuronews.bsky.social #SleepRelay
Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Salon F
The workshop is open to all: experience with sleep research is not required. Register here: isrw.bio.uci.edu Registration Deadline, February 15th
@cogneuronews.bsky.social #SleepRelay
Workshops, Socials & Special Events - Cognitive Neuroscience Society
March 7 – 10, 2026 CNS Account CNS 2026 | Workshops, Socials & Special Events SESSION DATE TIME LOCATION Satellite – International Sleep Replay Workshop Friday, March 6 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Salon F Wor...
www.cogneurosociety.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Registration is open. Please spread the word. The preliminary schedule will be up on the site later this month, and we've got an amazing line up!
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Sage webinar on Registered Reports (RRs/RRRs)! I'm excited to participate, and if you have any curiosity about writing a RR or reviewing a RR, please consider joining the webinar. Spread the word-- thanks! @psychscience.bsky.social
📢 Join our upcoming Registered Reports webinar!
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics:
- Two-stage review explained
- Tips for Stage 1 protocols
- Common author challenges
Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
Don't miss out on this opportunity to enhance your research! We will cover the following topics:
- Two-stage review explained
- Tips for Stage 1 protocols
- Common author challenges
Register now: https://ow.ly/R6yH50Xptt0 #RegisteredReports #Webinar
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How to Do Research and Get Published - How to Write & Review Registered Reports. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This webinar will provide an overview of the Registered Reports format, a publishing model designed to improve transparency and reproducibility in scientific research. The session will cover the structure and purpose of Registered Reports, including the two-stage submission and review process. Presenters will discuss how to develop a Stage 1 protocol, what reviewers typically evaluate at Stage 1 and 2, and common challenges encountered by authors and reviewers. The webinar is intended for researchers, editors, and reviewers who are working with or considering Registered Reports.
Hosted by...
ow.ly
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sage webinar on Registered Reports (RRs/RRRs)! I'm excited to participate, and if you have any curiosity about writing a RR or reviewing a RR, please consider joining the webinar. Spread the word-- thanks! @psychscience.bsky.social
I am now a Recommender (similar to Action Editor) at @pci-regreports.bsky.social. If you have any Registered Reports in the area of Sleep and Dreaming, I'd be very happy to take them on! #sleeppeeps
rr.peercommunityin.org/about/recomm...
rr.peercommunityin.org/about/recomm...
PCI Registered Reports
Peer Community in Registered Reports
rr.peercommunityin.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am now a Recommender (similar to Action Editor) at @pci-regreports.bsky.social. If you have any Registered Reports in the area of Sleep and Dreaming, I'd be very happy to take them on! #sleeppeeps
rr.peercommunityin.org/about/recomm...
rr.peercommunityin.org/about/recomm...
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
#CNS2026 Satellite - International Sleep Replay Workshop, Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Grand Ballroom
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
#CNS2026 Satellite - International Sleep Replay Workshop, Friday, March 6, 2026, 8:00 am - 6:00 pm, Grand Ballroom
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
CNS 2026 will be preceded by a one-day satellite event focusing on sleep and memory - the 5th International Sleep Replay Workshop. Learn more: isrw.bio.uci.edu
@cnsnews.bsky.social
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Neuroscience of Dreaming
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
October 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Neuroscience of Dreaming
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
Summer School - May 4-8, 2026 - Lucca, Italy
Applications open: nodsummerschool.imtlucca.it
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
✨ So excited to join #eSleepEurope2025 today and catch up on the latest advances in sleep research!
Thank you @esrs.bsky.social & @sarahschoch.bsky.social for highlighting research on emotional memory during Year in Review session !
I hope to play a small part in keeping it a hot topic! 🌙
Thank you @esrs.bsky.social & @sarahschoch.bsky.social for highlighting research on emotional memory during Year in Review session !
I hope to play a small part in keeping it a hot topic! 🌙
October 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
✨ So excited to join #eSleepEurope2025 today and catch up on the latest advances in sleep research!
Thank you @esrs.bsky.social & @sarahschoch.bsky.social for highlighting research on emotional memory during Year in Review session !
I hope to play a small part in keeping it a hot topic! 🌙
Thank you @esrs.bsky.social & @sarahschoch.bsky.social for highlighting research on emotional memory during Year in Review session !
I hope to play a small part in keeping it a hot topic! 🌙
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Save the date!! 🗓️
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
August 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Save the date!! 🗓️
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
The 2nd edition of the Summer School on the Neuroscience of Dreaming 💤 will take place 4–8 May 2026 in Lucca, Italy, at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca.
📍 The official website will be released soon: stay tuned for updates!
If you are at #WorldSleep25 and interested in Dreaming, come by my Poster 75 at 5.30 today! Also happy to chat about any other of my interests, such as infant sleep, gut microbiota, and so on, at the poster or over a tea! #sleeppeeps @dresler.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you are at #WorldSleep25 and interested in Dreaming, come by my Poster 75 at 5.30 today! Also happy to chat about any other of my interests, such as infant sleep, gut microbiota, and so on, at the poster or over a tea! #sleeppeeps @dresler.bsky.social
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
From sleep 💤 to dreams 🌙 to daydreams ☁️ - what is the brain up to?
I’m excited to host a mini-symposium before my PhD defense! Join us in person or online, details in the flyer!
@sarahschoch.bsky.social @dresler.bsky.social @dondersinst.bsky.social
I’m excited to host a mini-symposium before my PhD defense! Join us in person or online, details in the flyer!
@sarahschoch.bsky.social @dresler.bsky.social @dondersinst.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
From sleep 💤 to dreams 🌙 to daydreams ☁️ - what is the brain up to?
I’m excited to host a mini-symposium before my PhD defense! Join us in person or online, details in the flyer!
@sarahschoch.bsky.social @dresler.bsky.social @dondersinst.bsky.social
I’m excited to host a mini-symposium before my PhD defense! Join us in person or online, details in the flyer!
@sarahschoch.bsky.social @dresler.bsky.social @dondersinst.bsky.social
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Excited to present our new work reading minds!
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
August 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Excited to present our new work reading minds!
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
Ok, not *that* kind of mind reading, but we have created a deep learning method capable of using single neuron recordings from people watching episodes of TV that can predict when they recall specific memories from the episode. 1/6
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
New opinion piece!
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
authors.elsevier.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
New opinion piece!
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
@amirtal.bsky.social and I argue that "wake reactivation" is not a scientifically useful construct; It encompasses nonconscious & conscious processes w/ varying levels of elaboration & diverging consequences, leading to conflicting results
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lgli4sIRvW-LQ
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Fresh results now in bioRxiv! 🎉 We know about the function of NREM sleep for overnight memory consolidation. But what about REM sleep? We found that in aging, slow delta waves can intrude phasic REM periods, and this, is associated with worse overnight consolidation 🧠 (1/5) doi.org/10.1101/2025...
REM Sleep Misfires: Intruding Delta Waves Forecast Tau, Amyloid, and Forgetting in Aging
Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep degrades with age, and more severely in Alzheimer's disease (AD). REM sleep comprises about twenty percent of adult sleep, alternates between phasic and tonic periods, a...
doi.org
August 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Fresh results now in bioRxiv! 🎉 We know about the function of NREM sleep for overnight memory consolidation. But what about REM sleep? We found that in aging, slow delta waves can intrude phasic REM periods, and this, is associated with worse overnight consolidation 🧠 (1/5) doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
Interested in how emotions surface in dreams across the night? In this new paper, Jessica Palmieri, @valentinaelce.bsky.social and I report about the “Nightly dynamics of emotional content in dreams.”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
August 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Interested in how emotions surface in dreams across the night? In this new paper, Jessica Palmieri, @valentinaelce.bsky.social and I report about the “Nightly dynamics of emotional content in dreams.”
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
August 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
💤🧠🧪 New article! 🧪🧠💤
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
After years of effort led by @qualiastructure.bsky.social (Nao Tsuchiya and William Wong), Jenny Windt, Katja Valli, Valdas Noreika and @rherzoga.bsky.social, the Dream database is now published in @natcomms.nature.com
**A dream EEG and mentation database**
rdcu.be/eAwni
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
The cost of remembering: engram competition as a flexible mechanism of forgetting.
Our new perspective piece in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, lead by Ryan Lab alumni, Livia Autore. Also with Michael Drew from @utaustin.bsky.social
Trends in Neurosciences www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Our new perspective piece in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, lead by Ryan Lab alumni, Livia Autore. Also with Michael Drew from @utaustin.bsky.social
Trends in Neurosciences www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
The cost of remembering: engram competition as a flexible mechanism of forgetting
The retention and use of long-term memories is crucial for adaptive behavior. While
stable memories help organisms anticipate outcomes, they may become maladaptive if
not updated to reflect new condit...
www.cell.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The cost of remembering: engram competition as a flexible mechanism of forgetting.
Our new perspective piece in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, lead by Ryan Lab alumni, Livia Autore. Also with Michael Drew from @utaustin.bsky.social
Trends in Neurosciences www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Our new perspective piece in @cp-trendsneuro.bsky.social, lead by Ryan Lab alumni, Livia Autore. Also with Michael Drew from @utaustin.bsky.social
Trends in Neurosciences www.cell.com/trends/neuro...
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
📜[PUBLICATION ALERT]📜
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
A dream EEG and mentation database
Nature Communications - The authors present a multicenter database to investigate the neural correlates of dreaming, including physiological, behavioral and experiential data. This database could...
rdcu.be
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📜[PUBLICATION ALERT]📜
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
I had the honour to be co-first author of this huge effort to advance dream science and our understanding of conscious experience during sleep.
In Nature Communications rdcu.be/eAwni. @naotsuchiya.bsky.social @thomasandrillon.bsky.social
#sleep
#dreams
#EEG
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
After you fall asleep in the sleep lab, we can decide what you dream about — as Karen Konkoly showed in her PhD work and just published in this new paper:
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lWFU6TBG5...
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lWFU6TBG5...
August 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
After you fall asleep in the sleep lab, we can decide what you dream about — as Karen Konkoly showed in her PhD work and just published in this new paper:
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lWFU6TBG5...
“Investigating dreams by strategically presenting sounds during REM sleep to reactivate waking experiences”
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lWFU6TBG5...
I'm happy to start my @snf-fns.ch Return Grant at the Kispi Zürich with Flavia Wehrle, where we are following up the cohort from my PhD (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) to see how early sleep and gut microbiota predict outcomes at school age. #sleeppeeps
From Alpha Diversity to Zzz: Interactions among sleep, the brain, and gut microbiota in the first year of life
Sleep disorders have been linked to alterations of gut microbiota composition in adult humans and animal models, but it is unclear how this link devel…
www.sciencedirect.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'm happy to start my @snf-fns.ch Return Grant at the Kispi Zürich with Flavia Wehrle, where we are following up the cohort from my PhD (www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...) to see how early sleep and gut microbiota predict outcomes at school age. #sleeppeeps
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
***🚨 New Paper 🚨***
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
August 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
***🚨 New Paper 🚨***
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Both #sleep and eyes-closed waking rest improve memory. But sleep also increases FALSE recall in some paradigms.
Q: Does eyes-closed rest similarly increase false recall?
A: No.
Free access link:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1lYgb3qNaA...
#sleeppeeps #psychscisky 🧠🟦
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
Stomach–brain coupling indexes a dimensional signature of mental health - Nature Mental Health
Using a relatively large and diverse sample of mostly young adults, this study by Banellis, Rebollo and colleagues examines associations between regional stomach–brain coupling and mental health and i...
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I’m elated to share our latest publication - out now in @natmentalhealth.nature.com! www.nature.com/articles/s44... - tour de force by @leahbanellis.bsky.social @brainandstomach.bsky.social and the rest of the VMP team!
Reposted by Sarah F. Schoch
👋 #sleeppeeps In this new work, we show how multiple LLMs appear to easily process #dreams, and reflect previously observed differences in reports (e.g., male-female, blind-sighted).
We also argue for caution linking dreams and bizarreness when using #LLMs
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...
We also argue for caution linking dreams and bizarreness when using #LLMs
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...
Frontiers | Dreams are more “predictable” than you think
IntroductionA growing body of work has used machine learning and AI tools to analyse dream reports, and compare them to other textual content. Since these to...
www.frontiersin.org
July 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
👋 #sleeppeeps In this new work, we show how multiple LLMs appear to easily process #dreams, and reflect previously observed differences in reports (e.g., male-female, blind-sighted).
We also argue for caution linking dreams and bizarreness when using #LLMs
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...
We also argue for caution linking dreams and bizarreness when using #LLMs
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sle...