My Google Scholar and ResearchGate profiles.
Names in bold indicate my authorship; * denotes co-first authors.
Zhang, J.*, Chen, P.-C.*, Mednick, S. C., & Tambini, A. (in press). Slow oscillations modulate functional brain changes supporting working memory. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience.
Subramoniam, A., Chen, P.-C., Sattari, N., Mednick, S., & Whitehurst, L. (in press). Sleep dependent autonomic correlates of affect and arousal in younger and older adults. Sleep Advances.
Jacobsen, S. S., Morehouse, A. B., Chen, P.-C., Gomolka, R. S., Andersen, M., Nedergaard, M., Mednick, S. C., & Kjaerby, C. (2026). Noradrenergic infraslow rhythm during sleep is the critical link between heart-rate dynamics and memory consolidation. eLife. Link
Chen, P.-C., Stritzelberger, J., Walther, K., Hamer, H., & Staresina, B. (2025). Hippocampal ripples during offline periods predict motor sequence learning. Journal of Neuroscience. Link
Morehouse, A., Simon, K., Chen, P.-C., & Mednick, S. C. (2025). Heart rate variability during REM sleep is associated with reduced negative memory bias. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. Link
Shuster, A., Chen, P.-C., Niknazar, H., McDevitt, E., Lopour, B., & Mednick, S. (2024). Novel electrophysiological signatures of learning and forgetting in human REM sleep. Journal of Neuroscience. Link
Chen, P.-C., Simon, K. C., Sattari, N., Whitehurst, L. N., Naji, M., & Mednick, S. C. (2022). Autonomic-central coupling during daytime sleep differs between older and younger people. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 107646. Link
Chen, P.-C., Niknazar, H., Alaynick, W. A., Whitehurst, L. N., & Mednick, S. C. (2021). Competitive dynamics underlie cognitive improvements during sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(51), e2109339118. Link
Chen, P.-C., Sattari, N., Whitehurst, L. N., & Mednick, S. C. (2021). Age-related losses in cardiac autonomic activity during a daytime nap. Psychophysiology, 58(7), e13701. Link
Chen, P.-C.*, Whitehurst, L. N.*, Naji, M., & Mednick, S. C. (2020). Autonomic activity during a daytime nap facilitates working memory improvement. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(10), 1963–1974. Link
Chen, P.-C., Whitehurst, L. N., Naji, M., & Mednick, S. C. (2020). Autonomic/central coupling benefits working memory in healthy young adults. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 173, 107267. Link
Shuster, A. E., Morehouse, A., McDevitt, E. A., Chen, P.-C., Whitehurst, L. N., Zhang, J., Sattari, N., Uzoigwe, T., Ekhlasi, A., Cai, D., Simon, K., Niethard, N., & Mednick, S. C. (2025). REM refines and rescues memory representations: A new theory. Sleep Advances, 6(1), zpaf004. Link
Chen, P.-C., Zhang, J., Thayer, J. F., & Mednick, S. C. (2022). Understanding the roles of central and autonomic activity during sleep in the improvement of working memory and episodic memory. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Link
Whitehurst, L. N., Chen, P.-C., Naji, M., & Mednick, S. C. (2020). New directions in sleep and memory research: The role of autonomic activity. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 33, 17–24. Link
Publications outside my main research area, from earlier collaborative work.
Kim, D. J., Yuan, T.-A., Chen, P.-C., Liu-Smith, F., Atanaskova Mesinkovska, N., & Grande Sarpa, H. (2021). Pediatric melanoma in the Hispanic population: An analysis of institutional and national data. Pediatric Dermatology, 38(5), 1102–1110. Link
Kim, D. J., Makdisi, J., Regan, C., Chen, P.-C., Chao, E., & Rotunda, A. M. (2020). Reconstruction of distal nasal defects using free cartilage batten grafting with secondary intention healing: A retrospective case series of 129 patients. Dermatologic Surgery, 47(1), 86–93. Link