Memory Consolidation

How Targeted Sounds During Sleep Could Improve Your Memory

Have you ever been rocked to sleep as a child? Might this soothing motion that could calm us down as children have an effect on quality of sleep and memory consolidation? In 2020, a team of researchers, motivated by this question, mounted a bed

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Synchronized Sleep Enhances Memory Consolidation

Have you ever crammed for an exam the night before and woken up with new information embedded in your mind? Almost like a magic spell, your biological diagrams, calculus equations, or chemistry reactions have been ingrained in your memory as you slumbered away. Perhaps,

Issue 31

Snoring Is Not That Simple: Snoring And Neurocognition

Understanding Snoring Have you ever shared a dorm room with someone else and been rudely awakened in the wee hours of the morning by your roommate’s snoring? If you've

Issue 26

Improving Memory through Slow Wave Sleep

In the ocean, the form water will take at any given time may seem unpredictable to someone not paying attention, though there are patterns that can be identified and relied upon with some certainty.

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In Your Dreams: Insights from Dream Research

Why Do We Dream? Dreams have held cultural and religious significance throughout history, and in some cases, they have influenced history or culture themselves. James Watson, who won the Nobel

The Undergraduate Neuroscience Journal

A collection of 5 posts

How Targeted Sounds During Sleep Could Improve Your Memory

Synchronized Sleep Enhances Memory Consolidation

Snoring Is Not That Simple: Snoring And Neurocognition

Improving Memory through Slow Wave Sleep

In Your Dreams: Insights from Dream Research