How memory works: why you can be sure of something that never happened
Memory consolidation: what your brain does with your day while you sleep
You go to bed after a busy weekend, and one part of your brain does not rest. While you sleep, it keeps working on your day. What is it doing with it?
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Back home on Sunday night, you fall into bed and sleep like a stone. For you, the weekend is over.
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In 1924, two students learned lists of made-up words, then were tested after sleep or after the same hours awake. After sleep, they forgot less. Something happens to a memory at night.
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