relationship between sleep and memory has been studied since at least the early 19th century. Memory, the cognitive process of storing and retrieving past...

Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support...

Sleep is a state of reduced mental and physical activity in which consciousness is altered and certain sensory activity is inhibited. During sleep, there...

explicit memory (declarative memory) and implicit memory (non-declarative memory). Explicit memory is broken down into episodic and semantic memory, while...

between the REM and NREM activity are believed to arise from differences in the memory stages that occur during the two types of sleep. NREM sleep was divided...

impacting attention, executive function and memory. An estimated 20% of adults or more have some form of sleep deprivation. It may come with insomnia or...

serotonin and norepinephrine. Experiences of REM sleep are not transferred to permanent memory due to absence of norepinephrine. REM sleep is physiologically...

also aid the consolidation of long-term memories. REM sleep and slow-wave sleep play different roles in memory consolidation. REM is associated with the...

done testing sleep and memory for pictures it was found that daytime sleep contributed to retention of source memory rather than item memory in females...

eye movement, and lack of genital activity. Slow-wave sleep is considered important for memory consolidation, declarative memory, and the recovery of...

neuroscience of sleep is the study of the neuroscientific and physiological basis of the nature of sleep and its functions. Traditionally, sleep has been studied...

between sleep spindles and memory with a recent meta-review of 53 studies concluding that "there is no relationship between sleep spindles and memory, and thus...

Thompson-Schill SL (July 2006). "Interfering with theories of sleep and memory: sleep, declarative memory, and associative interference". Current Biology. 16 (13):...

knowledge – Knowledge of how to perform a task Sleep and memory – Relationship between sleep and memory Working memory – Cognitive system for temporarily holding...

have looked at the relationship between slow-wave sleep and memory consolidation, rather than REM sleep. One study found that low levels of acetylcholine...

Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which a person is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis. During...

Explicit memory (or declarative memory) is one of the two main types of long-term human memory, the other of which is implicit memory. Explicit memory is the...

decline and memory impairment, there are also significant sleep disturbances with modified sleep architecture. These disturbances may consist of sleep fragmentation...

information in memory, leading to a positivity effect. Emotional memory and sleep has been a well-researched association. Emotional memories are consolidated...

combined sleep and wakefulness. It is classified as a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. It occurs during the slow wave stage of sleep, in...

each other (e.g. sleep/bed), it was more likely that the subjects did not remember the first list correctly and created false memories (Anisfeld & Knapp...

while they sleep. Although sleep is considered an important period for memory consolidation, scientific research has concluded that sleep-learning is...

sleep, REM sleep and slow-wave sleep both contribute to the motor memory consolidation process through an increase in neuromodulatory activity, and regular...

bimodal) sleep, meaning two periods of sleep, polyphasic usually means more than two. Its opposite is monophasic sleep, one period of sleep within 24...

procedural memory, and thus, it benefits more late retention sleep (dominated by REM sleep) rather than early. Sleep deprivation and sleep has also been...

of sleep and its effect on memory and learning. Her findings have shown that the absence of noradrenaline and low levels of serotonin during sleep spindles...

Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder (non-24, N24SWD, or N24) is one of several chronic circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSDs). It is defined as a "chronic...

general mechanism driving learning and memory consolidation during sleep. Neuroscience of sleep Sleep and memory Cirelli, Charia; Giulio Tuononi (August...

Sleep apnea (sleep apnoea or sleep apnœa in British English) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of...

Sara C. (2015-07-01). "REM sleep rescues learning from interference". Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. REM Sleep and Memory. 122: 51–62. doi:10.1016/j...