Posts Tagged ‘sleep-and-brain’

What’s going on in the brain while we sleep? A lot! Specif­i­cal­ly, process­es sup­port­ing the con­sol­i­da­tion of mem­o­ries. This Dana Foun­da­tion arti­cle reviews fas­ci­nat­ing stud­ies in which mem­o­ries are reac­ti­vat­ed dur­ing sleep thanks to either an odor or an audi­to­ry cue. Results sug­gest that such reac­ti­va­tion leads to bet­ter mem­o­ry: reac­ti­va­tion dur­ing slow-wave sleep supports…