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Nathan Cross is a researcher at the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre, specializing in sleep neurobiology, aging, and cognitive neuroscience. His work explores how sleep impacts memory consolidation, dementia risk factors, and neurological conditions like obstructive sleep apnea. He collaborates on large-scale studies such as the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging, investigating links between sleep disorders and cognitive decline.
- Affiliations: Brain and Mind Centre (University of Sydney)
- Key Research Areas: Sleep physiology, neurodegenerative biomarkers, and translational sleep medicine
His research focuses on identifying sleep-related mechanisms underlying cognitive aging, including EEG and fMRI studies of sleep oscillations, and developing interventions for sleep disorders in older adults. Current projects include analyzing sleep state misperception in insomnia and evaluating CPAP effects on brain integrity in mild cognitive impairment.
Recent work highlights the stability of NREM sleep phase-amplitude coupling and its role in memory retention, as well as the association between insomnia and subjective memory decline in middle-aged populations.
- Grants: 'Using functional MRI to decode sequential memory replay' (2024), 'Evaluating the effect of CPAP on brain integrity' (2013)
- Advising: Supervises research students Clara Tan Cheri Yi (dementia risk factors) and Tian Yang (multimodal health systems)
Labs/Teams: Active contributor to the Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS), focusing on clinical-neuroscience interfaces in sleep medicine.
