ace memory have typically been characterized within the.standard model. of memory consolidation. Based on evidence of a critical role of sleep in memory processes, we investigated the impact of nocturnal sleep on implicit memories for faces in healthy. Cognitive neuroscience of human memory. current knowledge is summarized about longterm memory systems of the human brain, with memory systems defined. Human memory can be understand starting to develop a cognitive science about the two kinds gtof memory processing a short term memory stm b long term.