Dreaming of a Learning Task Is Associated with Enhanced Sleep-Dependent Memory Consolidation

• Published in: Current biology Vol. 20; no. 9; pp. 850 - 855
• Main Authors: Wamsley, Erin J., Tucker, Matthew, Payne, Jessica D., Benavides, Joseph A., Stickgold, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 11.05.2010
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cognition - physiology; Dreams - physiology; Dreams - psychology; Female; Humans; Male; Maze Learning - physiology; Memory - physiology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Sleep Stages - physiology; SYSNEURO; Young Adult; SYSNEURO

It is now well established that postlearning sleep is beneficial for human memory performance [ 1–5]. Meanwhile, human and animal studies have demonstrated that learning-related neural activity is re-expressed during posttraining nonrapid eye movement (NREM) sleep [ 6–9]. NREM sleep processes appear...