Good Sleep and Memory - How well do you sleep?
April 26th 2007 10:39
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"Besides helping you feel well-rested, getting your zzz's may also sharpen your memory.
Dr. Jeffrey Ellenbogen said. "We know that sleep helps boost memory for procedural tests, such as learning a new piano sequence, but we're not sure, even though it's been debated for 100 years, whether sleep impacts declarative memory." ["declarative" memories, which are related to specific facts, episodes and events.]
A study involved 48 people between the ages of 18 and 30. These participants had normal, healthy sleep routines and were not taking any medications. They were all taught 20 pairs of words and asked to recall them 12 hours later. However, the participants were divided evenly into four groups with different circumstances for testing: sleep before testing, wake before testing, sleep before testing with interference, or wake before testing with interference.
The result: Sleep appeared to help particpants recall their learned declarative memories, even when they were given competing information.
According to the researchers, people who slept after learning the information performed best, successfully recalling more words whether or not there was interference."
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Please Note: We are referring to 18 to 30 year olds
Interesting information, isn't it?
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