Scientists shed new light on the mysterious memory-altering power of sleep
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Scientists found that sleep plays an active role in transforming how memories are stored. After an immersive experience, participants remembered the order of events better after sleeping, suggesting the brain prioritizes storylines over details during deep sleep.
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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2025-05-07 14:01:17+00:00.

Original Title: Sleep selectively strengthens memory for the sequence of real-world events while allowing many of the perceptual details to fade. Even 15 months after a one-time event, people better remembered the order in which things occurred—if they had slept soon after the experience.