gwern comments on synapse renormalization—another reason to sleep more than minimum-REM

[gwern]

Somehow I missed this the first time; but recently I came across the concept for my Algernon’s law essay and dug up 2 PDFs:

• ‘Sleep and synaptic homeostasis: a hypothesis’, Tononi & Cirelli 2003

• ‘Sleep function and synaptic homeostasis’, Tononi & Cirelli 2006