Scott Ashley Cairney — York Research Database

Phone(01904) 322863
Emailscott.cairneyyork.acuk

Accepting PhD Students

Research interests

Sleep and emotional memory processing.

Memory reactivation in sleep.

Polysomnography.

ECG/GSR.

fMRI.

44 Article

Delineating memory reactivation in sleep with verbal and non-verbal retrieval cues
Guttesen, A., Denis, D., Gaskell, G. & Cairney, S. A., 16 May 2024, In: Cerebral Cortex. 34, 11 p., bhae183.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
Dreaming Characteristics in Non-Rapid Eye Movement Parasomnia and idiopathic Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder: Similarities and Differences
See, Q. R., Raheel, K., Duncan, I., Biabani, N., Di Giulio, I., Romigi, A., Kumari, V., O'Regan, D., Cairney, S. A., Urso, D., Chaudhuri, K. R., Gnoni, V., Drakatos, P. & Rosenzweig, I., 8 Mar 2024, In: Nature and Science of Sleep. 16, p. 263-277 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File
Electrophysiological mechanisms of memory consolidation in human non-rapid eye movement sleep
Denis, D. & Cairney, S. A., Jun 2024, In: Current Sleep Medicine Reports. 10, 2, p. 181-190 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
File

Understanding how unwanted memories persist: The role of sleep spindles in emotional memory consolidation
Cairney, S. A. & Gaskell, G.
1/03/19 → 31/10/19
Project: Other project › Other internal award
Combating depression with non-invasive modification of REM-sleep brain activity
Cairney, S. A.
1/10/18 → 31/03/20
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
Improving depressive symptoms with non-invasive stimulation of REM-sleep theta activity
Cairney, S. A. & Wade, A.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC)
1/09/17 → 31/08/19
Project: Other project (funded) › Restricted grant

5 Invited talk
4 Outreach (e.g. schools, community groups)
3 Conference
2 Broadcast
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- 1 Media (TV)
- 1 Public lecture

York Festival of Ideas
Scott Ashley Cairney (Advisor)
6 Jun 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Outreach (e.g. schools, community groups)
Pint of Science
Scott Ashley Cairney (Advisor)
14 May 2024
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Outreach (e.g. schools, community groups)
Patient and Public Involvement (Psychology, MRC)
Scott Ashley Cairney (Advisor), Marcus Oliver Harrington (Participant), Emma Sullivan (Participant) & Anna Guttesen (Participant)
9 May 2022
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Outreach (e.g. schools, community groups)

Data, Analyses, and Materials - Targeted memory reactivation during sleep can induce forgetting of overlapping memories
Horner, A. J. (Creator), Joensen, B. (Creator), Harrington, M. O. (Creator), Berens, S. (Creator), Cairney, S. A. (Creator) & Gaskell, G. (Creator), OSF, 2022
DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/Q2SFV
Dataset

University of York Open Science Prize
Cairney, Scott Ashley (Recipient), 1 Jul 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)