The memories that we retain can serve many functions. They guide our future actions, form a
scaffold for constructing the self, and continue to shape both the self and the way we …

Research indicates that sleep promotes various cognitive functions, such as decision‐
making, language, categorization, and memory. Of these, most work has focused on the …

During all stages of sleep, the mind and brain are working to process new memories,
consolidating them into long-term storage and integrating recently acquired information with …

Although each of us empirically recognizes the utmost importance of sleep for the quality of
our everyday life, its functions have long remained shrouded in mystery. Beyond its putative …

The activity that takes place in memory systems during sleep is likely to be related to the role
of sleep in memory consolidation and learning, as well as to the generation of dream …

Sleep is a complex physiologic state, the importance of which has long been recognized.
Lack of sleep is detrimental to humans and animals. Over the past decade, an important link …

Sleep has been found to have a beneficial effect on memory consolidation. It has
furthermore frequently been suggested that sleep does not strengthen all memories equally …

Research suggests that sleep benefits memory. Moreover, it is often claimed that sleep
selectively benefits memory for emotionally salient information over neutral information …

Although we still lack any consensus function (s) for sleep, accumulating evidence suggests
it plays an important role in homeostatic restoration, thermoregulation, tissue repair, immune …

As critical as waking brain function is to cognition, an extensive literature now indicates that
sleep supports equally important, different, yet complementary operations. This review will …