- The dream lag effect is an effect that occurs due to sleeping and experiencing a dream. 
- This effect suggests that dreams are representative of memories from events of previous days, which provides an opportunity for reconsolidation to occur

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-  Dreams have been considered to assist reconsolidation rather than memory consolidation as a whole. Since dreams are attributed to previous memories, the act of dreaming allows the reconsolidation process to occur.      
- Dreams also have been connected to memory consolidation through the dream lag effect

Dreaming and Memory Consolidation

Zhao, H., Li, D., & Li, X. (2019, April 2). Relationship between Dreaming and Memory Reconsolidation. Retrieved August 17, 2020, from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.26599/BSA.2018.9050005 

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