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·September 24, 2018·3 min read

How Nature and Nurture Shape the Sleeping Brain

Using EEG to study twin teenagers, researchers tease apart the influence of genetic and environmental factors on brain activity during sleep.

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·August 22, 2018·5 min read

Naps Plus Sleep Enhances Emotional Memory in Early Childhood

Summary: According to researchers, naps in combination with overnight sleep may work together to benefit emotional memory consolidation in young...

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·July 9, 2018·5 min read

Visual Perceptual Skills Are Updated By Processes Similar to Memory Reconsolidation

Researchers report our ability to identify and categorize visual information is an active process similar to memory stabilization.

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·January 8, 2018·5 min read

Modifying Memories During Sleep Could Reduce Trauma

A new study looks how it may be possible to help reduce trauma associated with bad memories while we sleep.

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·November 5, 2017·4 min read

Why Our Brains Need Sleep, and What Happens If We Don’t Get Enough

From consolidating memories to cleaning out toxins in the brain that accumulate during waking hours, researchers explore why sleep is so important and what happens when we don't get enough.

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·October 30, 2017·4 min read

How Memories Ripple Through the Brain

Researchers demonstrate sleep boosts communication between the neocortex and hippocampus, assisting with memory formation.

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·April 7, 2017·6 min read

Brain Circuit Necessary For Memory Formation Identified

Long-term memories remain 'silent' for about 2 weeks before reaching a mature state, a new study reports.

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·February 2, 2017·8 min read

Sleep Deprivation Handicaps Brain’s Ability to Form New Memories

Researchers reveal that without sleep, memory consolidation may not occur sufficiently.

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·December 6, 2016·5 min read

Brain Blocks Formation of New Memories on Waking to Safeguard Consolidating Existing Memories

According to a new study, the brain blocks the ability for creating new memories shortly after waking in order to prevent the disruption of the stabilization of memory consolidation that occurs during sleep.

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·November 15, 2016·4 min read

“Princess Leia” Brainwaves Help Sleeping Brain Store Memories

Newly discovered rotating waves of brain activity that repeat during the night are responsible for forming associations between different aspects of a day's memories, a new study reports.