Dr. Schechtman runs the Cognitive Neuroscience of Sleep lab, which uses neuroimaging, behavioral manipulations, and computational methods to explore cognitive and affective processing during sleep in humans. The lab combines novel techniques to selectively bias processing during sleep; machine-learning algorithms to decipher cognitive contents from neural data; and neuroscientific methods for monitoring brain connectivity and rhythms across different regions and timescales. Using this state-of-the-art methodological framework, the lab hopes to reveal the neural infrastructure through which sleep transforms memories and shapes waking well-being, and develop ways to manipulate these dynamics for the benefit of healthy and clinical populations.