Incorporation of complex narratives into dreaming
Sleep September 18, 2025 Jessica Palmieri, Deniz Kumral, Sammy-Jo Wymer et al.
Reactivation of waking neuronal activity during sleep holds a functional role in memory consolidation. Reprocessing of daytime memory in dreams might aid later memory performance in a similar way. Numerous findings hint at a link between dreaming and sleep-dependent memory processing; however, studies investigating day-residue incorporation in dreaming led to mixed results so far. In this...