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Recruiting · 2026

X-Sleep Lab is Recruiting a Research Assistant (1 opening)

We are looking for 1 motivated research assistant to support ongoing sleep neuroscience projects at the Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

See open positions → 2026
How sleeping minds decide: State-specific reconfigurations of lexical decision-making
New Publication · 2026

How sleeping minds decide: State-specific reconfigurations of lexical decision-making

Xia Tao et al. (2026). A new study on how sleeping minds reconfigure lexical decision processing. PLoS Computational Biology.

January 2026
Memory editing during sleep: mechanisms, clinical applications, and technological innovations
New Publication · 2025

Memory editing during sleep: mechanisms, clinical applications, and technological innovations

A comprehensive review co-authored by Xia Tao and Xiaoqing Hu. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2025.

Read paper → September 2025
Aversive memories can be weakened during human sleep via reactivation of positive interfering memories
New Publication · PNAS 2024

Aversive memories can be weakened during human sleep via reactivation of positive interfering memories

Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024. A landmark study demonstrating targeted emotional memory modification during sleep.

Read paper → August 2024
Updating memories of unwanted emotions during human sleep
New Publication · Current Biology 2023

Updating memories of unwanted emotions during human sleep

Published in Current Biology, 2023. Using targeted memory reactivation during NREM sleep to update the emotional content of aversive memories.

Read paper → January 2023