Cognitive recovery: what it is and what it means

Cognitive recovery is the restoration of attentional and memory resources through sleep. Without adequate cognitive recovery, the quality of attention drops measurably and behavior becomes less consistent: skills acquired during the day are not fully consolidated, because the consolidation of procedural memory takes place during REM sleep. Cognitive recovery is the infrastructure that allows the levers of attention and habits to work.

Distinctive: infrastructure that allows the levers of attention and habits to work
Distinctive: consolidation of procedural memory takes place during REM sleep
Essential: restoration of attentional and memory resources
Essential: through sleep
Constant: quality of attention drops measurably

Glossary

Cognitive recovery

Restoration of attentional and memory resources through sleep, with consolidation of procedural memory during REM sleep.