The Function of Dream Sleep Nature Vol. 304 (14th July 1983) 计算机科学

p&mJRJz VOL.30 I4 JULY 1983 COMMENTARY IIIThe function o f dream sleep Francis Crick* & Graemi M itchison*We propose that the function of dream sleep (more proper& rapid-&ye movement or REM sleep) LT to remove certain undesirable modes of interaction in networks of cells in the cerebral cortex. We postulate that this is done in REMsleep by a revem learning mechanism (see also p . 158), so that the trace in the brain of the unconscipus dream is weakened, rather than strengthened, by the dr