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A memory boost while you sleep

Nature volume 444, pages 559–560 (2006)Cite this article

It is generally agreed that sleep aids memory consolidation, but the reasons for this are a mystery. Part of the answer may lie in the patterns of synchronous brain activity unique to the state of slumber.

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