Psychologyspeaking topic
Sleep and memory: why does the brain replay what we learned during the day while we sleep at night? If you want to remember something, which matters more, studying or sleeping?
— Diekelmann & Born, systems consolidation and sleep
practice with this topic
Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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