Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory

Lisa Marshall (), Halla Helgadóttir, Matthias Mölle and Jan Born ()
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Lisa Marshall: University of Lübeck
Halla Helgadóttir: University of Lübeck
Matthias Mölle: University of Lübeck
Jan Born: University of Lübeck

Nature, 2006, vol. 444, issue 7119, 610-613

Abstract: Learning gain Sleep is thought to enhance memory consolidation, since some tasks learned before a period of sleep are better remembered than those learned without. It now appears that this memory function of sleep can be enhanced electronically. By stimulating the scalp with a gentle electric current during sleep after learning, memory was enhanced by 8% in a word-learning task in volunteer medical students.

Date: 2006
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