Formation and suppression of acoustic memories during human sleep
Though memory and sleep are related, it is still unclear whether new memories can be formed during sleep. Here, authors show that people could learn new sounds during REM or light non-REM sleep, but that learning was suppressed when sounds were played during deep NREM sleep.
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-08-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00071-z |