Episodic memory consolidation by reactivation of human concept neurons during sleep reflects contents, not sequence of events
Johannes Niediek, Thomas Peter Reber, Marcel Bausch, F. Schwimmbeck, H. Gast, V. A. Coenen, Jan Patrick Boström, CE Elger, Florian Mormann
The paper shows that human concept neurons reactivate during sleep after learning, but their reactivation does not reflect the sequence of events in the learned story.
bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience