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SUBMITTER: Schreiner T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4640077 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schreiner Thomas T Lehmann Mick M Rasch Björn B
Nature communications 20151028
It is now widely accepted that re-exposure to memory cues during sleep reactivates memories and can improve later recall. However, the underlying mechanisms are still unknown. As reactivation during wakefulness renders memories sensitive to updating, it remains an intriguing question whether reactivated memories during sleep also become susceptible to incorporating further information after the cue. Here we show that the memory benefits of cueing Dutch vocabulary during sleep are in fact complet ...[more]