Effects of REM Time on What Is Recalled

Cartwright, Rosalind D.; Lloyd, Stephen; Butters, Elizabeth; Weiner, Lynda; Mccarthy, Lois; Hancock, Judith

doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.1975.tb00047.x

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Effects of REM Time on What Is Recalled

Cartwright, Rosalind D., Lloyd, Stephen, Butters, Elizabeth, Weiner, Lynda, Mccarthy, Lois, Hancock, Judith·1975·Psychophysiology

DOI 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1975.tb00047.x

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ABSTRACT To test the effects of RIM sleep on the amount and kind of material recalled after a 7‐hr interval, the groups of 10 student subjects were tested fur immediate and delayed recall of 70 adjectives before and after varying amounts of REM time. There were no significant between group differences in total amount of delayed recall but there were differences in the number of new words retrieved. Following a KIM present condition subjects recalled more new words than following a KKM absent condition. The properties associated with words recalled later differed following different conditions. The new words available to recall only after REM absent sleep were self affirming items. Those which became available following REM present sleep were items of personal discomfort. The nature of the intervening psychophysiological states appeared to affect the kind of material recalled.

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Authors: Cartwright, R. D., Lloyd, S., Butters, E., Weiner, L., Mccarthy, L., & Hancock, J.
Affiliations: University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Corresponding author: Cartwright, Rosalind D.
ORCID: Lloyd, Stephen
Venue: Psychophysiology
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1975-09
Volume: 12
Issue: 5
Pages: 561-568
ISSN: 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
1469-8986
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1975.tb00047.x
OpenAlex: W1993840785
Cited by: 43
References: 29
Citations by year: 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
FWCI: 0.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 11474 d)
Locations: Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Keywords: REM sleep, memory retrieval, delayed recall, immediate recall, word retrieval, word properties, sleep deprivation, psychophysiological state
MeSH terms: Dreams, Emotions, Female, Humans, Imagination, Male, Memory, Memory, Short-Term, Mental Recall, Sleep Stages, Sleep, REM, Time Factors, Verbal Learning, Wakefulness

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