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

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 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. Scientists have long known that slow...