Editing Sleep and learning (section)

{{short description|Relationship between sleep and learning in humans}}
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Multiple hypotheses explain the possible connections between '''sleep and learning''' in [[human]]s. Research indicates that sleep does more than allow the brain to rest; it may also aid the consolidation of long-term memories.

REM sleep and slow-wave sleep play different [[sleep and memory|roles in memory consolidation]]. REM is associated with the consolidation of nondeclarative (implicit) memories. An example of a nondeclarative memory would be a task we can do without consciously thinking about, such as riding a bike. Slow-wave, or non-REM (NREM) sleep, consolidates declarative (explicit) memories. These are facts that need to be consciously remembered, such as dates for a history class.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Wilhelm | first1=I. | last2=Diekelmann | first2=S. | last3=Born | first3=J. | title=Sleep in children improves memory performance on declarative but not procedural tasks | journal=Learning & Memory | publisher=Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | volume=15 | issue=5 | date=25 April 2008 | issn=1072-0502 | doi=10.1101/lm.803708 | pmid=18441295 | pages=373–377| doi-access=free }}</ref>