Rest-related consolidation protects the fine detail of new memories

Abstract Newly encoded memories are labile and consolidate over time. The importance of sleep in memory consolidation has been well known for almost a decade. However, recent research has shown that awake quiescence, too, can support consolidation: people remember more new memories if they quietly r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael Craig, Michaela Dewar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25313-y