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Argues that consciousness is fundamentally linked to memory processing during sleep, with dreams serving as a key mechanism for integrating memories and generating conscious experience.
Abstract
Memory, Sleep, Dreams, and Consciousness: A Perspective Based on the Memory Theory of Consciousness.
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