Sleep not just protects memories against forgetting, it also makes them more accessible

Cortex

Volumn 74, Issue , 2016, Pages 289-296

  Dumay, Nicolas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forgetting; Item fate; Memory consolidation; Reminiscence; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; HUMAN; MEMORY; NIGHT SLEEP; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84957729517     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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