Sleep and Memory
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Two experiments demonstrated that memory over an interval with relatively high amounts of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was inferior to memory over an interval with relatively high amounts of stage 4 sleep. The results suggest that, at least for humans, REM sleep does not facilitate memory consolidation and that stage 4 sleep may be beneficial to memory.
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Explaining the improving effect of sleep on memory retention solely on the basis of reduced interference appears to be untenable unless sleep stages are thought to differ in their degree of interference.
“Thus explaining the improving effect of sleep on memory retention solely on the basis of reduced interference appears to be untenable unless sleep stages are thought to differ in their degree of interference, e.g., owing to associated dreaming (408).”
From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [408]
Many studies subsequently confirmed the positive effect of sleep on memory, examining also longer retention intervals of from 24 h up to 6 days.
“Many studies subsequently confirmed the positive effect of sleep on memory (63, 79, 80, 248, 341-343, 350, 408, 478, 479, 592, 745, 853, 855, 1068, 1131, 1192, 1241), examining also longer retention intervals of from 24 h up to 6 days (79,80,474,592,990).”
From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [408]
SWS-rich early sleep has a beneficial effect on declarative memory (word pairs) compared with REM sleep-rich late sleep or corresponding wake intervals.
“Yarush et al. (1340) were the first to report a beneficial effect of SWS-rich early sleep on declarative memory (word pairs), compared with retention performance across a REM sleep-rich late sleep or across corresponding wake intervals, and these findings were replicated in a later study of the same group (408).”
From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [408]
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- Authors
- Fowler, M. J., Sullivan, M. J., & Ekstrand, B. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1973-01-19
- Volume
- 179
- Issue
- 4070
- Pages
- 302-304
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2058473859
- Cited by
- 208
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- FWCI
- 3.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- REM sleep, stage 4 sleep, memory consolidation, sleep and memory, memory retention, sleep stages
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Humans, Memory, Paired-Associate Learning, Sleep Stages, Sleep, REM, Time Factors
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