Does your short term memory still work how it normally works when you are asleep?

Question: Does your short term memory still work how it normally works when you are asleep?
- Keywords:
  short term memory,
  sleep
Asked by anon-188130 to Alex on 2 Nov 2018.
- Alex Reid answered on 2 Nov 2018:
  
  Hello! Great question. The answer is no, not really. When you are awake your brain is more focused on learning new things but when you go to sleep your brain’s priorities change. The part of your brain linked closely with short term memory, called the hippocampus (it is tiny, in the middle and named after a seahorse because of it’s shape), behaves differently. It starts swapping information with other parts of your brain and establishing things more in your long term memory. Once this is done it is fresh to start learning more new stuff the following day.
  
  In class it is a bit like the difference between you making notes when you listen to the teacher (which I hope you do!) and then swapping notes with the person next to you to teach them what you have learned. This gets rid of the notes on your pad ready for more learning.

Question: Does your short term memory still work how it normally works when you are asleep?