FOUNDATIONAL TERM
Consolidation
巩固
Stabilization and reorganization following learning.
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53 · Sleep, memory, mood, metabolism and immunity
Sleep connects learning, emotions, and bodily regulation. Mechanisms and study design help explain its importance without attributing every illness to poor sleep.
24 · Attention, memory and learning
Learning does not store information as an exact recording. Attention selects, encoding builds connections, and consolidation and retrieval affect availability. Recognising a passage differs from explaining it independently.
Sources
- NHLBI: Sleep phases and stages
- NHLBI: Your sleep/wake cycle
- NHLBI: Sleep deficiency
- NIGMS: Circadian rhythms
- NHLBI: Why sleep matters
- NHLBI: Sleep and health
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