Endogenous memory reactivation during sleep in humans is clocked by slow oscillation-spindle complexes

Sleep after learning helps to strengthen new memories. Here, the authors link this memory benefit to the reactivation of learning experiences when two endogenous sleep rhythms—slow oscillations and sleep spindles—coincide.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Thomas Schreiner, Marit Petzka, Tobias Staudigl, Bernhard P. Staresina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23520-2