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Review
. 2005 Oct;28(10):1225-7.
doi: 10.1093/sleep/28.10.1225.

Sleep and memory: the ongoing debate

Robert Stickgold  1 , Matthew P Walker
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Review

Sleep and memory: the ongoing debate

Robert Stickgold et al. Sleep. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

The last 10 years have produced a wealth of scientific studies reporting a role for sleep in offline memory processing. Despite this evidence, debate continues to rage over the very existence of sleep-dependent learning and memory processing. We briefly review here the evidence in support of sleep's role in memory consolidation.

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