Sleep and Memory: Retention 8 and 24 Hours After Initial Learning
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Retention of nonsense syllables was tested in two groups of Ss: those having initial learning in the morning and those having initial learning at night immediately before sleep. These groups were subdivided so that recall was tested either 8 or 24 hrs after initial learning. As Jenkins and Dallenbach first demonstrated, retention was superior after 8 hrs for Ss when learned at night compared to those who learned in the morning. Retention with night learning was equal after 24 hrs to that observed after 8 hrs. Surprisingly, retention scores after morning learning were superior after 24 hrs to those observed after 8 hrs. Some possible interpretations of this result are advanced.
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Many studies subsequently confirmed the positive effect of sleep on memory, examining also longer retention intervals of from 24 h up to 6 days.
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- Authors
- Benson, K., & Feinberg, I.
- Affiliations
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Corresponding author
- Feinberg, I.
- Venue
- Psychophysiology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1975-03
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 192-195
- ISSN
- 0048-5772 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8986
- OpenAlex
- W2082135990
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2021: 1 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- 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
- sleep, memory retention, nonsense syllables, memory retrieval, retention interval
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Memory, Retention, Psychology, Sleep
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