Press (re)play to remember: How the brain strengthens memories during sleep

While we sleep, the brain produces particular activation patterns. When two of these patterns—slow oscillations and sleep spindles—gear into each other, previous experiences are reactivated. The stronger the reactivation, the clearer will be our recall of past events, a new study reveals.

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