The sleeping brain's influence on verbal memory: boosting resistance to interference.

Memories evolve. After learning something new, the brain initiates a complex set of post-learning processing that facilitates recall (i.e., consolidation). Evidence points to sleep as one of the determinants of that change. But whenever a behavioral study of episodic memory shows a benefit of sleep,...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey M Ellenbogen, Justin C Hulbert, Ying Jiang, Robert Stickgold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2606059?pdf=render