About This Lesson
Ken Paller and his team at Northwestern University are studying the connection between memory and sleep and the possibilities of boosting memory storage while you snooze. “We think that memory processing happens during sleep every night,” says Paller. “We're at the beginning of finding out what types of memory can be reinforced, how large reinforcement effects can be, and what sorts of stimuli can be used to reactivate memories so that they can be better consolidated.” Paller's goal is to better understand the fundamental brain mechanisms responsible for memory. Provided by NSF
