Monday, March 2, 2009

Memory Formation during Sleep

"By listening in on the chatter between neurons in various parts of the brain, researchers from the California Institute of Technology have taken steps toward fully understanding just how memories are formed, transferred, and ultimately stored in the brain--and how that process varies throughout the various stages of sleep."

To read the full article, click here . Authors not only mention that sleep is important for memory formation, but also the timing relationship in the firing of the neurons during various stages of sleep seems to play a role. I tell my students constantly, go to bed early and eat well!