Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA,
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2014 Mar;14(3):433. doi: 10.1007/s11910-013-0433-5.
Converging evidence suggests that dreaming is influenced by the consolidation of memory during sleep. Following encoding, recently formed memory traces are gradually stabilized and reorganized into a more permanent form of long-term storage. Sleep provides an optimal neurophysiological state to facilitate this process, allowing memory networks to be repeatedly reactivated in the absence of new sensory input. The process of memory reactivation and consolidation in the sleeping brain appears to influence conscious experience during sleep, contributing to dream content recalled on awakening. This article outlines several lines of evidence in support of this hypothesis, and responds to some common objections.
越来越多的证据表明，做梦受到睡眠期间记忆巩固的影响。在编码之后，新形成的记忆痕迹逐渐稳定下来，并被重新组织成更持久的长期存储形式。睡眠为促进这一过程提供了最佳的神经生理状态，使记忆网络在没有新的感官输入的情况下反复被激活。睡眠中大脑的记忆再激活和巩固过程似乎会影响睡眠中的意识体验，有助于在醒来时回忆起梦境内容。本文概述了支持这一假设的几条证据，并回应了一些常见的反对意见。
