Memories Of Our Life Stories May Be Reinforced While We Sleep - New Insights On Animal Dreams

... Memories of our life stories may be reinforced while we sleep, MIT researchers report in the advance online edition of Nature Neuroscience.Matthew A. Wilson, professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and postdoctoral associate Daoyun Ji looked at what happens in rats' brains when they dream about the mazes they ran while they were awake. [click link for full article] ...