Sleep and memory — things to actually look up

Sleep and memory — things to actually look up

- The hippocampus replays the day during slow-wave sleep, apparently not in order

- Sleep deprivation doesn't just make you tired — it blocks encoding of the previous

day's memories

- 20-min nap vs. longer nap: different cognitive functions, not just more vs. less

rest

- Napping at 2pm seems to reset the memory buffer. At 4pm it wrecks night sleep.

- Find the critiques of Walker's book — he's been challenged on some of the more

dramatic claims

- Is there research on when during sleep the creative connections form? Dreams as

synthesis, not just replay