/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3565/all en /newsroom/channels/news/rapid-eye-movement-sleep-keystone-memory-formation-260845 <p><em><strong>By Bruno Geoffroy </strong></em></p> <p>For decades, scientists have fiercely debated whether rapid eye movement (REM) sleep – the phase where dreams appear – is directly involved in memory formation.</p> <p><span>Now, a study published in Science by researchers at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute (91ÉçÇø) and the University of Bern provides evidence that REM sleep does, indeed, play this role – at least in mice.</span></p> Fri, 13 May 2016 15:52:18 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 25827 at /newsroom /newsroom/sylvain-williams Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23152 at /newsroom