Memories may be formed throughout the day, not just while sleeping
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - 10:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Scientists have long thought that processes occurring during sleep were responsible for cementing the salient experiences of the day into long-term memories. Now, however, a study of scampering rats suggests that the mechanisms at work during sleep are also active while the animals are awake -- and that they encode events more accurately.