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Péter Simor is an Habil. Associate Professor at the Department of Affective Psychology of Eötvös Loránd University. He leads the Budapest Laboratory of Sleep and Cognition, focusing on sleep neurophysiology, cognitive processes during sleep, and affective neuroscience. His research integrates EEG neuroimaging with behavioral paradigms to study REM sleep microstructure, memory consolidation mechanisms, and interoceptive processing during sleep states.
Key affiliations include roles as Head of Research Group at the Budapest Sleep Lab and Alternate Member of institutional ethics & international committees. His work addresses sleep disorders (e.g., REM behavior disorder, nightmares) and their neural correlates, with emphasis on thalamic activity, autonomic nervous system interactions, and cognitive-emotional interplay. He has pioneered studies on mind-wandering's role in implicit learning and developed novel methodologies for sleep EEG analysis.
- Research Themes: REM sleep physiology, sleep-memory interactions, neurobiology of dreams, chronotype effects, and stress-related mental disorders
- Techniques: High-density EEG, functional neuroimaging (MRI), polysomnography, ambulatory sleep monitoring
Recent studies investigate daytime consequences of sleep fragmentation, circadian rhythm impacts on cognition, and the utility of wearable neurotechnologies. He collaborates internationally on longitudinal aging studies (e.g., HuBA project) linking sleep architecture to brain health metrics.
