According to research, as the brain cycles through slow-wave and rapid-eye-movement sleep, the hippocampus teaches the neocortex what it learned, transforming novel, fleeting information into enduring memory.
Using a neural network model, Penn neuroscientist Anna Schapiro and colleagues found that as the body moves between REM and slow-wave sleep cycles, the hippocampus and neocortex interact in ways that are key to memory formation.
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