mental housecleaning hypothesis

the hypothesis that dreams support the reorganization of material learned during the prior waking period, particularly by simplifying and reducing overlapping information. [developed by U.S. psychiatrist J. Allan Hobson (1933– )]

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May 9th 2024

word-superiority effect (WSE)

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