#62 - Sleep and Memory: You'll Forget About Me After I've Been Gone

The link between sleep and memory has been a compelling area of research for many years. New theories about the specific relationship between sleep and memory have recently emerged that reveal much about the roles that sleep plays in this process. In this episode we will:Touch upon the history of sleep and memory studiesReview the discovery of the glymphatic system and how it is not only involved in cognitive health but also influenced by sleepLearn how slow wave sleep/deep sleep primes our brains to learningDifferentiate the solidification/activation of memory by deep sleep versus the linkage and solidification of sleep by REM sleepContrast declarative hippocampal memory storage via slow wave sleep and implicit memory stored outside the hippocampusExplore various rodent and human models for studying memoryIntroduce the technique and science behind Targeted Sensory ReactivationProduced by: Maeve WinterMusic by: Dr. Abhinav Singh (@sleep_vigilante), all rights reservedMoreTwitter: @drchriswinterIG: @drchriwinterThreads: @drchriswinterBluesky: @drchriswinterThe Sleep Solution and The Rested ChildThanks for listening and sleep well!