Chambers, A. M., & Payne, J. D. (2013). Laugh yourself to sleep: memory consolidation for humorous information. Exp Brain Res, 232, 1415-1427. DIO: 10.1007/s00221-013-3779-7 The purpose of this study was to examine how sleep effects memory of humorous and non-humorous cartoons over 12 hours and whether it influences the retention of humorous information. Experiment 1 consisted of 79 Notre Dame students with a mean age of 19.95 years and 65% were female. 9 of the participants were excluded from the study for various reasons and only 54% were included because they were not familiar with the cartoon prior to the experiments. The participants were split into the sleep group, wake group and the circadian control group. The results showed that
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The experiment consisted of 44 participants with a mean age of 24.9, 25 were female and 19 were male. The groups were participants in the partial or total sleep loss conditions and well-rested conditions. The results showed an effect of sleep on memory recall, showing that less sleep caused more false memories. They found that less sleep decreased a recall of false memories. Participants in the well-rested group recalled more old words than the sleep loss group. There was no effect for free recall of false memories. There was no effect for false memory recall in the visual false memory task. In conclusion, both sleep loss over 30 hours and sleep restriction over 4 days resulted in the same effects for false memories. Less sleep decreased false memory recall for abstract …show more content…
The experiment consisted of 50 university students with an age range 20-30 years and 25 men. Participants were divided into two groups; regular sleep and 24 hour total sleep deprivation. The results showed that sleep deprived participants had a slower response time that participants with regular sleep. The subjective vigilance level was lower in the sleep deprived participants. There was not a difference between the groups on performance of the interpolated task, but the sleep deprived participants had lower performance n the primary task. There was not a difference between the groups for clock-checking behavior. In conclusion, sleep deprivation affects performance on a time-based prospective memory task as well as vigilance, but does not appear to affect interpolated task performance or clock-checking behavior. Time monitoring may not influence performance on time based perspective memory
The experiment consisted of 44 participants with a mean age of 24.9, 25 were female and 19 were male. The groups were participants in the partial or total sleep loss conditions and well-rested conditions. The results showed an effect of sleep on memory recall, showing that less sleep caused more false memories. They found that less sleep decreased a recall of false memories. Participants in the well-rested group recalled more old words than the sleep loss group. There was no effect for free recall of false memories. There was no effect for false memory recall in the visual false memory task. In conclusion, both sleep loss over 30 hours and sleep restriction over 4 days resulted in the same effects for false memories. Less sleep decreased false memory recall for abstract …show more content…
The experiment consisted of 50 university students with an age range 20-30 years and 25 men. Participants were divided into two groups; regular sleep and 24 hour total sleep deprivation. The results showed that sleep deprived participants had a slower response time that participants with regular sleep. The subjective vigilance level was lower in the sleep deprived participants. There was not a difference between the groups on performance of the interpolated task, but the sleep deprived participants had lower performance n the primary task. There was not a difference between the groups for clock-checking behavior. In conclusion, sleep deprivation affects performance on a time-based prospective memory task as well as vigilance, but does not appear to affect interpolated task performance or clock-checking behavior. Time monitoring may not influence performance on time based perspective memory