Vast Amounts of Encoded Items Nullify but Do Not Reverse the Effect of Sleep on Declarative Memory

Vast Amounts of Encoded Items Nullify but Do Not Reverse the Effect of Sleep on Declarative Memory

Sleep strengthens memories by repeatedly reactivating associated neuron ensembles. Our studies show that although long-term memory for a medium number of word-pairs (160) benefits from sleep, a large number (320) does not. This suggests an upper limit to the amount of information that has access to...

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Main Authors: Luca D. Kolibius, Jan Born, Gordon B. Feld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
long-term memory
sleep
declarative memory
consolidation
interference
synaptic homeostasis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.607070/full

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