About Our Work Bench
The research activities of the Sleep and Cognition Laboratory around the study of cognitive processes (attention, memory, decision making, emotion and their regulation, spatial navigation) and how they are impacted by sleep. In addition the laboratory also specializes in studying sleep deprivation and their effects on cognitive ability decline. Beside this, research on the psychophysiological effects of stress on emotions, memory and decision making are being tested. Experiments conducted in the laboratory emphasize experimental methodology from the field of both the social and natural sciences and follow all ethical standards laid out for human volunteer testing (IHEC,IITG). The primary objectives of the laboratory is to provide excellent research facilities and training in cognition and cognate disciplines. We are interested in developing outstanding learning atmosphere where researchers could learn designing of experiments using appropriate softwares (E-prime, PsychoPy, OpenSesame), handling of equipment (EEG, ERP & Source Localization, Polysomnography, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), actiwear analysis etc.) and carrying out statistical analysis using (R & Matlab; Python code) for carrying out their research efficiently.
Research Outputs
Completed Projects
- Sleep and information Processing
- --A study of Cue Characteristics on Prospective memory: Exploring the Role of Sleep.
- --Role of sleep in affect regulated decision making under risk: an ERP study.
- --Generation and Maintenance of False Memories in Humans: Exploring the Role of Sleep
- --Effects of sleep on the strategies of route learning in virtual town environment in humans.
- --Emotional Cues and Prospective Memory: Evaulationg the role of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep.
- Other Cognitive Research.
- --Role of Multiple Reminders on Prospective Memory Performance Across Varied Interference Scenarios.
Ongoing Projects
- Other Cognitive Processes
- --Beyond Completion: Exploring the Persistence of Intention in Prospective Memory.
- --Investigating the effect of executive functions on reading comprehension using the knowledge revision framework.
- Applied Cognitive Research
- --Evaluating the effects of advertisement induced deception on consumer cognition: An experimental approach.
- Sleep and Memory
- --Sleep and false prospective memory: Decoding electrophysiological signatures.
- --Spatial stratgies of navigation and how sleep influences cognitive maps
Future Research
Publications
Research Staff
Current
Prof. Naveen Kashyap
Principal Investigator
Focus: Sleep and Cognition
Job: Professor
Ms. A Snigdha Mohana
Senior Researcher
Focus: Prospective Memory
Job: Assistant Professor
Ms. Thara Baburaj
Senior Researcher
Focus: Language and Working Memory
Job: Research Scholar
Ms. Simran Gupta
Senior Researcher
Focus: Deception in Consumer Behaviour
Job: Research Scholar
Alumni
Dr. Tulika Singh
Graduate (2015)
Now at BRAB University
Dr. Suman Dhaka
Graduate (2017)
Now at IIT Jodhpur
Dr. Kedarmal Verma
Graduate (2020)
Now at IIT Indore
Dr. Pallavi Ojha
Graduate (2024)
Now at Manipal University Jaipur
Laboratory Address
Sleep Cognition Lab,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Guwahati, Assam, India - 781039