Sleep resets neurons for new memories the next day
August 15, 2024
August 15, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Aug. 15 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
While everyone knows that a good night's sleep restores a person's energy, a new study finds it resets another vital function: memory.
Learning or experiencing new things activates neurons in the hippocampus, a region of the brain vital for memory. Later, while we sleep, those same neurons repeat the same pattern of activity, which is how the brain consolidates those memories that are t . . .
While everyone knows that a good night's sleep restores a person's energy, a new study finds it resets another vital function: memory.
Learning or experiencing new things activates neurons in the hippocampus, a region of the brain vital for memory. Later, while we sleep, those same neurons repeat the same pattern of activity, which is how the brain consolidates those memories that are t . . .