Certain memories may rest on a good sleep People who practice a task that demands quick visual processing perform it better on ensuing trials if they are first allowed to get some sleep. Early sleep triggers memory for early visual discrimination skills. Maquet, P. 2000. Stickgold, R., L. James, and J.A. Hobson. Visual discrimination learning requires sleep after training.
Sleepers yield memorable brain images.
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