slow wave sleep strengthened LOCALLY in areas that learn

Posted by Bayle Shanks at 4:56 PM EST

Reto Huber, M. Felice Ghilardi, Marcello Massimini and Giulio Tononi found that the strength of slow wave activity (SWA) during sleep increases LOCALLY in areas that learned something during the day.

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