dreaming

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is done in order to remember and to anchor memories. After a trauma, data shows that sleeping locks it in. A quick sleep improves memory, but only if one dreams.

by suggesting that we actually dream to remember rather than forget. The theory is bolstered by recent studies on trauma, which suggest that when people go to sleep right after a traumatic experience that they are more likely to remember and be haunted by the trauma. So one form of triage for traumatized people is to keep them awake and talking for several hours, even if they are exhausted, to prevent this traumatic memory consolidation from happening.

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