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A child rests peacefully on a bed adorned with red and white striped sheets, wearing a blue outfit. It's as if their dreams are in sleep replay, caught in the tranquil rhythm of slumber, lying contentedly on their stomach.
Neuropsych
Why your sleeping brain replays new rewarding experiences
Participants’ brains revealed they were doing a kind of “neural replay” of the game they had been manipulated to win.
Jim Davies
A person holding a gold trophy under a cloudy sky.
Neuropsych
How the brain responds to reward is linked to socioeconomic background
An MIT study finds the brains of children who grow up in less affluent households are less responsive to rewarding experiences.
Anne Trafton
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