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Such stuff as NREM dreams are made on?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2013

PierCarla Cicogna
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy. pieracarla.cicogna@unibo.itmiranda.occhionero@unibo.ithttp://www.unibo.it/docenti/pieracarla.cicogna
Miranda Occhionero
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy. pieracarla.cicogna@unibo.itmiranda.occhionero@unibo.ithttp://www.unibo.it/docenti/pieracarla.cicogna

Abstract

The question that we deal with in this commentary is the need to clarify the synergistic role of different non–rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep stages (stages 2 and 3–4) with REM and while awake in elaborative encoding of episodic memory. If the assumption is that there is isomorphism between neuronal and cognitive networks, then more detailed analysis of NREM sleep and dreams is absolutely necessary.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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