'Speed of Thought' Guides Brain Memory Consolidation

[Swede]

Scientists at The University of Arizona have added another piece of the puzzle of how the brain processes memory.

Bruce McNaughton, a professor of psychology and physiology, and his colleague David Euston have shown that, during sleep, the reactivated memories of real-time experiences are processed within the brain at a higher rate of speed. That rate can be as much as six or seven times faster, and what McNaughton calls “thought speed.”

http://uanews.org/node/17028

[hobbit709]

1. Interesting

[Th1onein]

2. I wonder if that's why some people in my family work out

math problems in their sleep. Does anyone else do this?

[jimshoes]

3. Occasionally I wake up having figured out the best way

to tackle a problem or a deadline at work. Freaky kinda.

[PDJane]

4. Yep.

And problems with projects. My son does too.