Cueing newly learned information in sleep improves memory, and here's how

Cueing newly learned information in sleep improves memory, and here's how Scientists have long known that sleep is important to the formation and retention of new memories. Memory consolidation is associated with sudden bursts of oscillatory brain activity, called sleep spindles, which can be visualized and measured on an electroencephalogram (EEG). Now researchers have found that sleep spindles also play a role in strengthening new memories when newly learned information is played back to a person during sleep. http://ift.tt/eA8V8J