Memory reactivation in slow wave sleep enhances relational learning in humans

Abstract Sleep boosts the integration of memories, and can thus facilitate relational learning. This benefit may be due to memory reactivation during non-REM sleep. We set out to test this by explicitly cueing reactivation using a technique called targeted memory reactivation (TMR), in which sounds...

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Main Authors: Lorena Santamaria, Ibad Kashif, Niall McGinley, Penelope A. Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-05947-7