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Over a long period of time, researchers have been exploring the link between memories and sleep, and in a recent study, they found that the two activities in the brain, slow oscill
Here s how the brain strengthens memories during sleep ANI | Updated: May 25, 2021 16:13 IST
Birmingham [England], May 25 (ANI): Over a long period of time, researchers have been exploring the link between memories and sleep, and in a recent study, they found that the two activities in the brain, slow oscillations and sleep spindles, help keep the memories strong.
While we sleep, the brain produces particular activation patterns. When two of these patterns - - 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 oscillations (SOs) and sleep spindles - sudden half-second to two-second bursts of oscillatory brain activity - play an important role in the formation and retention of new memories.
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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 oscillations (SOs) and sleep spindles - sudden half-second to two-second bursts of oscillatory brain activity - play an important role in the formation and retention of new memories.
But experts in the UK and Germany have discovered that the precise combination of SOs and sleep spindles is vital for opening windows during which memories are reactivated; helping to form and cement memories in the human brain.
Here s how the brain strengthens memories during sleep Wednesday, May 26, 2021 IWK Bureau
Over a long period of time, researchers have been exploring the link between memories and sleep, and in a recent study, they found that the two activities in the brain, slow oscillations and sleep spindles, help keep the memories strong.
While we sleep, the brain produces particular activation patterns. When two of these patterns - - 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 oscillations (SOs) and sleep spindles - sudden half-second to two-second bursts of oscillatory brain activity - play an important role in the formation and retention of new memories.