Special issue on sleep and memory
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The Editors of Learning & Memory are pleased to publish this special issue on sleep and memory. Humans spend roughly one-third of their lives asleep, and it is widely understood that sleep is essential for brain health and cognitive function and is instrumental in the formation and storage of memories. However, much remains to be revealed about specifically how the brain processes memories during sleep and how lack of sleep affects the ability to learn and remember.
This special issue presents research from leaders in the field addressing a variety of topics, including the role of cortico–hippocampal interactions in long-term memory stabilization, sleep-related modulation of transitive memory interference, how sleep influences memory stabilization and generalization during infant development, and how sleep affects aspects of memory consolidation for stimulus–response learning, emotional memory, and item memory. Together, these articles represent an important contribution to the field by providing new insights into the …
