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Is sleep "defragmentation" for your brain?

I've seem several articles claiming that sleep is akin to the usual proccess of hard drive defragmentation, however for your brain.

You can find several versions of this claim:

http://time.com/4737596/sleep-brain-creativity/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/2011/08/21/is-sleep-brain-defragmentation/#.XIg-xbjQ-Uk

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/05/14/is-the-purpose-of-sleep-to-let-our-brains-defragment-like-a-hard-drive/#.XIg-_7jQ-Uk

https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1055478

http://handsoffmybrain.com/2018/09/defrag-your-brain-with-sleep-but-what-do-you-do-if-you-cant-sleep

https://www.thindifference.com/2016/09/importance-daily-defrag/

Is there any true on this?

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