Sleep: off-line memory reprocessing

Investigating the role of sleep in the consolidation and integration of memories.

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“Behavioral studies of memory and learning in both humans and animals support a role for sleep in the consolidation and integration of memories. Physiological studies of hippocampal and cortical activity as well as of brainstem neuromodulatory systems demonstrate the state-dependence of communication both between and within the neocortex and hippocampus. These findings are consonant with observed cognition during sleep and immediately following awakening.”

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Stickgold, R. (1998). Sleep: off-line memory reprocessing. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2(12), 484-492. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1364-6613(98)01258-3