Reduced false memory after sleep
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Several studies have shown that sleep contributes to the successful maintenance of previously encoded information. This research has focused exclusively on memory for studied events, as opposed to false memories. Here we report three experiments showing that sleep reduces false memories in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) memory illusion. False recognition of nonstudied words was reduced after sleep, relative to an equal retention interval of wakefulness, with no change in correct recognition of studied words. These experiments are the first to show that false memories can be reduced following sleep, and they extend the benefits of sleep to include increased accuracy of episodic memory.
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The effect of sleep in the DRM paradigm is less consistent when recall of the critical lure is tested with recognition rather than free recall.
“However, the effect of sleep in the DRM paradigm was less consistent when recall of the critical lure was tested with a recognition procedure rather than by free recall (255, 296, 373; see Ref. 1159 for an overview).”
From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [373]
The paper’s Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 results report reduced false recognition of critical lures after sleep, and Experiment 3 reports the same effect. It therefore provides an example of a sleep effect measured by recognition, but it does not compare recognition with free recall or establish that recognition findings are less consistent. (LLM, conf=0.80)
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- Authors
- Fenn, K. M., Gallo, D. A., Margoliash, D., Roediger, H. L., & Nusbaum, H. C.
- Affiliations
- Michigan State University (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Venue
- Learning & Memory
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Published
- 2009-08-25
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 509-513
- ISSN
- 1072-0502 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-5485
- OpenAlex
- W2128257059
- Cited by
- 96
- References
- 35
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- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Learning & Memory (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- false memory, sleep, Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm, memory illusions, recognition memory, episodic memory, memory consolidation, wakefulness
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Memory Disorders, Neoplasm Proteins, Mental Recall, Retention, Psychology, Sleep, Wakefulness
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