Effect of Rem Sleep Deprivation on Learning and Recall by Humans
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16 Ss were deprived of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep for 2 nights by awakening them at the first sign of each REM period. 16 control Ss, initially matched with REM-deprived Ss on a paired-associate learning task, were awakened a similar number of times, but only from sleep without REMs. There were no significant differences between REM-deprived and control Ss on post-deprivation recall of paired-associate adjectives learned prior to deprivation or on the post-deprivation serial learning of trigrams. The results fail to support an important role for REM sleep in human memory or learning. Neither did REM-deprived and control Ss differ significantly on two mood check lists or on a number cancellation performance test.
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Most studies failed to find effects of selective REM sleep deprivation on the retention of declarative memories when simple verbal materials were used.
“Most studies failed to find effects of selective REM sleep deprivation on the retention of declarative memories when simple verbal materials (word lists, word pairs, etc.) were used (88,185,192,343,344,729,918,1094,1191).”
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- Authors
- Chernik, D. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Chicago (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chernik, D. A.
- Venue
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1972-02
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 283-294
- ISSN
- 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-688X
- OpenAlex
- W2059341419
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 3.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- REM sleep deprivation, REM sleep, memory consolidation, paired-associate learning, memory retrieval, serial learning, sleep and learning, mood
- MeSH terms
- Affect, Humans, Memory, Paired-Associate Learning, Serial Learning, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, REM, Verbal Learning
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