It is generally agreed that sleep aids memory consolidation, but the reasons for this are a mystery. Part of the answer may lie in the patterns of synchronous brain activity unique to the state of slumber.
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Stickgold, R. (2006). A memory boost while you sleep. Nature, 444(7119), 559–560. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature05309
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