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Re:Brains Sweep Themselves Clean of Toxins During Sleep (2013) by paulkon on Friday August 14, 2015 @05:10PM (#10062964)
I don't think it's moving memories around. If you desire a very loose OS comparison, it may be cleaning up temp files.
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Re:Brains Sweep Themselves Clean of Toxins During Sleep (2013) by mratzloff on Friday August 14, 2015 @05:36PM (#10063092)
It would be doing both. I was basing this comment on prior studies. For example:

Sleep Lets Brain File Memories

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sleep-lets-brain-f...

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