A new study reveals the importance of idle periods for long-term memory formation.
is even more precious. We remember a fair amount of details of our experiences for a couple of minutes or maybe hours. But the vast majority of these details are gone in a week or so.
The new finding suggests that the very same firing pattern also happens during the day right after memories are formed. What's more, there is a very simple correlation between the frequency of these sharp wave-ripple events during memory formation and the likelihood that the memory is transferred to long-term memory at night. The more sharp wave-ripples we get after an experience, the more likely it is that we'll remember this experience.
As a result, regardless of how strong or meaningful an experience may have been, fewer sharp wave-ripples will happen in its immediate aftermath and then these sharp wave-ripples can't be replayed during sleep. This means they will likely not be committed to long-term memory.
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