Jan 4, 2021
We now know that we imprint information during the day. We sort of - that seed is planted there within the brain during the day. In other words, we learn information. But we also know that the vision that was planted in the brain still remains in the sound of silence, in this - in the dark of night. And it's there that specifically deep non-REM sleep goes to perform its memory functions. Deep non-REM sleep almost hits the save button on those recently acquired informational pieces so that when you wake up the next morning, you have remembering rather than forgetting.
Matthew Walker Ph.D., in an interview with Hidden Brain (NPR)
