Reactivation and consolidation of memory during sleep

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-192

  Rasch, Björn ^a   Born, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Declarative memory; Hippocampo neocortical dialogue; Reactivation; Sleep; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

EID: 45349085903     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2008.00572.x     Document Type: Review

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