A Bird's Eye View of Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation.

@article{Brawn2015ABE,
  title={A Bird's Eye View of Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation.},
  author={Timothy P Brawn and Daniel J. Margoliash},
  journal={Current topics in behavioral neurosciences},
  year={2015},
  volume={25},
  pages={
          207-37
        }
}
How new experiences are solidified into long-lasting memories is a central question in the study of brain and behavior. One of the most intriguing discoveries in memory research is that brain activity during sleep helps to transform newly learned information and skills into robust memories. Though the first experimental work linking sleep and memory was conducted 90 years ago by Jenkins and Dallenbach, the case for sleep-dependent memory consolidation has only garnered strong support in the… 
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