Title

Sleep On It! Sleep Consolidation Produces Strong Delayed Memory Retrieval Much Like Immediate Retrieval

Authors

Gabriella Silone, University of DaytonFollow
Carolina Vázquez, University of DaytonFollow
Sarah Lawson, University of DaytonFollow
Victoria Karpuszka, University of DaytonFollow
Madeline Nash, University of DaytonFollow

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Faculty: Dr. Susan Davis (Psychology)

Presented as a project in the course PSY 317 (Advanced Research Methods)

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Abstract

Research Question: Can sleep consolidation reduce the effects of an interruption during encoding, leading to improved accuracy on a delayed recognition task?

Consolidation: During sleep, memories acquired earlier are processed at a deeper level and strengthened by creating associations with previously-stored information (Rasch & Born, 2008). This process helps better integrate new information into existing long-term memory storage systems. Research indicates that the consolidation process can also prevent the effects of interference during memory retrieval (Robertson, 2012).

Present Study: The present study was designed to examine the effects of sleep consolidation after an interruption of encoding had occurred and the effect of interruption on primacy (in a list, people better remember words presented earlier) and recency (in a list, people better remember words presented later) effects (Rundus, 1971).

Publication Date

11-21-2019

Keywords

student scholarship

Disciplines

Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Social Work | Sociology

Recommended Citation

Silone, Gabriella; Vázquez, Carolina; Lawson, Sarah; Karpuszka, Victoria; and Nash, Madeline, "Sleep On It! Sleep Consolidation Produces Strong Delayed Memory Retrieval Much Like Immediate Retrieval" (2019). Content presented at the Roesch Social Sciences Symposium. 16.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/roesch_symposium_content/16