Free Recall of Word Lists under Total Sleep Deprivation and after Recovery Sleep.
Summary of "Free Recall of Word Lists under Total Sleep Deprivation and after Recovery Sleep."
One task that has been used to assess memory effects of prior total sleep deprivation (TSD) is the immediate free recall of word lists; however, results have been mixed. A possible explanation for this is task impurity, since recall of words from different serial positions reflects use of distinct types of memory (last words: short-term memory; first and intermediate words: episodic memory). Here we studied the effects of 2 nights of TSD on immediate free recall of semantically unrelated word lists considering the serial position curve.
Affiliation
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Sleep
ISSN: 1550-9109
Pages: 223-30
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22294812
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5665/sleep.1626
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Sleep Deprivation
The state of being deprived of sleep under experimental conditions, due to life events, or from a wide variety of pathophysiologic causes such as medication effect, chronic illness, psychiatric illness, or sleep disorder.
Nocturnal Myoclonus Syndrome
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Sleep Apnea, Obstructive
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Sleep Stages
Periods of sleep manifested by changes in EEG activity and certain behavioral correlates; includes Stage 1: sleep onset, drowsy sleep; Stage 2: light sleep; Stages 3 and 4: delta sleep, light sleep, deep sleep, telencephalic sleep.
Word Association Tests
Lists of words to which individuals are asked to respond ascertaining the conceptual meaning held by the individual.
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