Time for the sleep community to take a critical look at the purported role of sleep in memory processing.
We have previously presented a wealth of data refuting the proposal that memories are processed or consolidated in sleep. Our objections have been largely ignored, creating the impression that the hypothesized role for sleep in memory processing is an established fact rather than a highly controversial and unresolved issue. We briefly review the main arguments against a role for sleep in learning/memory.
Vertes
Robert P
RP
Center for Complex Systems and Brains Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431, USA. vertes@ccs.fau.edu
Siegel
Jerome M
JM
D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology