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Sleep on it!: stabilizing and transforming memories during sleep

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A new study finds that memory reactivation during slow-wave sleep following learning can stabilize memories. Reactivation during wakefulness has the opposite effect, rendering memories labile and susceptible to modest modification.

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Figure 1: Potential influence of memory reactivation during wakefulness and different stages of sleep.

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