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Sleep studies enter the real world

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Memory for details fades over time, yet retaining the spatiotemporal associations inherent to our individual experiences may be adaptively relevant. Using an art tour as an experimental setting, Diamond, Simpson and colleagues shed light on the role of sleep in shaping the long-term retention of episodic memory for real-world events.

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  1. Institute of Psychology, Neuropsychology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

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  2. BrainLinks BrainTools, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Monika Schönauer

  3. Bernstein Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Monika Schönauer

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Palmieri, J., Schönauer, M. Sleep studies enter the real world. Nat Hum Behav 9, 646–647 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02130-8

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