Ines Wilhelm

While memory processes occurring during sleep have thouroughly been investigated in adults, researchers mostly ignored those who have obviously the most impressive capacity to acquire new information: children.

Besides their memory abilities, the sleep architecture is strikingly different in children compared to adults. We now know from animal studies and studies in adult humans that sleep and its specific stages are linked to the consolidation of different memory types. Thus, the major interest of my research is dedicated to the role of sleep in the consolidation of declarative and procedural memory in children.

Wilhelm I, Metzkow-Mészàros M, Knapp S, Born J (2012) Sleep-dependent motor memory consolidation in children and adults: The pre-sleep level of performance matters. Dev Sci., in press

Wilhelm I, Prehn-Kristensen A, Born J (2012) Sleep-dependent memory consolidation – what can be learnt from children? Neurosci and Biobeh Rev., in press

Born J, Wilhelm I (2012) System consolidation of memory during sleep. Psychol Res. 76(2):192-203

Hallschmid M*, Wilhelm I*, Michel C, Perras B, Born J (2011) A Role for Central Nervous Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone Signaling in the Consolidation of Declarative Memories. PLoS ONE. 6(8):e23435.

Prehn-Kristensen A, Molzow I, Munz M, Wilhelm I, Müller K, Freitag D, Wiesner CD, Baving L (2011) Sleep restores daytime deficits in procedural memory in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 32(6):2480-8.

Wilhelm I, Wagner U, Born J (2011) Opposite effects of cortisol on consolidation of temporal sequence memory during waking and sleep. J Cogn. Neurosc. 23(12):3703-12.

Prehn-Kristensen A, Göder R, Fischer J, Wilhelm I, Seeck-Hirschner M, Aldenhoff J, Baving L (2011) Reduced sleep-associated consolidation of declarative memory in ADHD patients. Sleep Medicine. 12(7):672-9.

Wilhelm I, Diekelmann S, Molzow I, Ayoub A, Mölle M, Born J (2011) Sleep selectively enhances memory expected to be of future relevance. J Neurosci. 31:1563–1569.

Groch S, Wilhelm I, Diekelmann S, Sayk F, Gais S, Born J. (2011) Contribution of norepinephrine to emotional memory consolidation during sleep. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 36(9):1342-50.

Diekelmann S, Wilhelm I, Wagner U, Born J. (2011) Elevated cortisol at retrieval suppresses false memories in parallel with correct memories. J Cogn Neurosci. 23(4):772-81.

Diekelmann S*, Wilhelm I*, Born J (2009) The whats and whens of sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Sleep Med Rev. 13:309-321.

Wilhelm I, Diekelmann S, Born J. (2008) Sleep in children improves memory performance on declarative but not procedural tasks. Learn Mem. 15(5):373-7.

Wilhelm I, Born J, Kudielka BM, Schlotz W, Wüst S. (2007) Is the cortisol awakening rise a response to awakening? Psychoneuroendocrinology. 32(4):358-66.

Fischer S, Wilhelm I, Born J. (2007) Developmental differences in sleep's role for implicit off-line learning: comparing children with adults. J Cogn Neurosci. 19(2):214-27.

Diploma Thesis:

Wilhelm, I. (2005) The cortisol rise after awakening in a sleep laboratory setting. University of Trier