Sleep and memory: the ongoing debate.
The last 10 years have produced a wealth of scientific studies reporting a role for sleep in offline memory processing. Despite this evidence, debate continues to rage over the very existence of sleep-dependent learning and memory processing. We briefly review here the evidence in support of sleep's role in memory consolidation.
Stickgold
Robert
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Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School and Center for Sleep and Cognition, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA. rstickgold@hms.harvard.edu
Walker
Matthew P
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D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology; D008568:Memory; D017286:Polysomnography; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D012890:Sleep; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology; D012895:Sleep, REM; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology