cm0002@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYour Brain Is Editing Your Life While You Sleep, Scientists Saywww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down12
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minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYou’re actually spot on - REM sleep specifically helps process emotional memories and reduces the amygdala’s reactivity to those same triggers when you’re awake, kinda like emotional thereapy happening while you sleep.
You’re actually spot on - REM sleep specifically helps process emotional memories and reduces the amygdala’s reactivity to those same triggers when you’re awake, kinda like emotional thereapy happening while you sleep.