A Role For Stage 2 Sleep in Memory Processing
A Role For Stage 2 Sleep in Memory Processing
Stage 2 sleep is the classification given to approximately 50 percent of the night of sleep in humans. It is recognized as having very salient features that distinguish it from other sleep stages. This chapter provides a brief history of the research examining stage 2 sleep, with an emphasis on cognitive studies. This is followed by a number of recent findings that implicate the importance of stage 2 for memory of certain kinds of tasks, focusing on the stage 2 spindle. The spindle, a basic component of mammalian sleep, may indeed be a perfect time for synaptic plasticity to take place.
Keywords: stage 2 sleep, memory, sleep spindle, perception, cognition, learning
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