Mild sleep disturbance impairs memory

Dutch investigators have found that mild sleep disruption that induces shallow sleep, but does not reduce total sleep time, is sufficient to reduce hippocampal activation and interfere with learning and memory. The study involved 13 healthy subjects, mean age 60, whose memory was tested following a night of undisturbed sleep and again following a night of shallow sleep. On the day before, the subj ...

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