Neuroscientists decrypt the sleeping brain to reveal hidden memories
“Sleeping Girl” by Domenico Fetti The brain connects sensory information from the environment to our subjective experiences, resulting in our perceptions, emotions, and memories. However, our brains need to disconnect—i.e., sleep—from the noisy sensory world that we’re steeped in. Sleep helps us maintain brain health, makes our memories stronger, and aids in problem solving. Researchers in the laboratory of MIT Professor Matthew Wilson at the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory study how activity of a brain region called the hippocampus—which is critical for spatial memories and memories of specific events—relates to memory formation and problem solving. In a new paper released today in the journal Scientific Reports, Wilson and his team members describe a new analytical tool they created that turns older models of memory formation on their head.…
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Neuroscientists decrypt the sleeping brain to reveal hidden memories
