Memory reactivations during sleep: a neural basis of dream experiences?
March 6, 2023 Claudia Picard-Deland, Giulio Bernardi, Lisa Genzel et al. 2 citations preprint
Newly encoded memory traces are spontaneously reactivated during sleep. Since their discovery in the 1990s, these memory reactivations have been discussed as a potential neural basis for dream experiences. New results from animal and human research, as well as the rapidly growing field of sleep and dream engineering, provide essential insights into this question, revealing both strong parallels...