Morpheus (The Matrix) Morpheus in Kia Motors' K900 commercial for Super Bowl XLVIII. He sings Pavarotti's rendition of Nessun Dorma, Italian for "None Shall Sleep". Morpheus (The Matrix) Morpheus is a fictional character in "The Matrix" franchise. He is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the films, and in the video game "" where he was the only actor to reprise his character's voice. Lana and Lilly Wachowski, the creators of "The Matrix" franchise, instructed Fishburne to base his performance on Morpheus, a character in Neil Gaiman's comic book series "The Sandman". At the studio's request, Gaiman later wrote "Goliath", a promotional short story
Sleep and memory to be facilitated by sleep or not sleep: Reconsolidation of a memory involves the retrieval of an already consolidated memory (explicit or implicit), into short-term or working memory. Here it is brought into a labile state where subsequent information can 'interfere' with what is currently in memory, therefore altering the memory. This is known as retroactive interference, and is an extremely significant issue for court and eye witness testimonies. Researchers approach the study of sleep and memory from different angles. Some studies measure the effects of sleep deprivation "after" a novel task is taught (the subject learns the task and