Memories May Be Formed Throughout The Day, Not Just While Sleeping
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 12:14
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.
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