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We really do relive experiences from waking life when we sleep

We really do relive experiences from waking life when we sleep

5 May 2020

Brain implants have revealed that we replay conscious experiences while we sleep, with the same patterns of neurons firing during sleep as in waking life
Fingers rolling a marijuana joint

A little cannabis every day might keep brain ageing at bay

8 May 2017

A mouse study suggests marijuana may have the opposite effect on older people than it has on the young, boosting learning and memory instead of impairing it

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