A mind at rest strengthens memories, researchers find
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 13:42
in Psychology & Sociology
Our memories are strengthened during periods of rest while we are awake, researchers at New York University have found. The findings, which appear in the latest issue of the journal Neuron, expand our understanding of how memories are boosted -previous studies had shown this process occurs during sleep, but not during times of awake rest.