As college students, we run on very little sleep most of the time. We also try to make as many memories as possible before the real world hits us and we have to grow up. Sometimes we think of memories as an exact copy of what happened during the time that memory was formed. We feel like we can describe everything that took place, who was there, what time it was, and what the weather was like. But when we tell these memories to people who are with us when they happen, sometimes the memories don’t match up. According to Lo, Chong, Ganesan, Leong, & Chee (2016), this is because “memories of an event rarely provide a literal record of that experience” (pg. 2). This is not to say that most memories are incorrect.
However, many researchers have …show more content…
According to Frenda, Patihis, Loftus, Lewis, & Fenn, (2014), “sleep deprivation appears to be increasingly prevalent, and it impairs performance across a wide range of cognitive task. It slows reaction time, decreases working memory capacity, interferes with normal learning, and impairs executive function” (pg 2).
Some researchers have attempted to explain the possible effects of insufficient sleep on false memories. A common method used in the study of false memories is the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm (DRM) (Frenda, Patihis, Loftus, Lewis, & Fenn, (2014)). The DRM tasks consist of participants learning a list of words (e.g., candy, bake, sugar, pie) that are associated with a word that was not presented in the …show more content…
Under the Metamemory the False Memory experiment was pressed using the touchpad on the computer. Once pressed, the next screen to appear was a page that showed the estimated time of the experiment, background information about the experiment and instructions on how to do the experiment. Scrolling further down on the screen, using the touchpad, was a blank square and blank buttons. To start the experiment, the Start Next Trial button was pressed using the touchpad. In the blank square a sequence of words was presented one at a time. Each word was displayed for one second. After all fifteen words were shown on the screen, the buttons underneath the square represented the list of words that was shown in the square. Some of the words that were shown in the square were not listed in the buttons, rather words that were not shown are all were listed in the buttons. Using the touchpad, the participant clicked on the words they remembered to be in the list that was presented in the trial, order did not
However, many researchers have …show more content…
According to Frenda, Patihis, Loftus, Lewis, & Fenn, (2014), “sleep deprivation appears to be increasingly prevalent, and it impairs performance across a wide range of cognitive task. It slows reaction time, decreases working memory capacity, interferes with normal learning, and impairs executive function” (pg 2).
Some researchers have attempted to explain the possible effects of insufficient sleep on false memories. A common method used in the study of false memories is the Deese-Roediger-McDermott paradigm (DRM) (Frenda, Patihis, Loftus, Lewis, & Fenn, (2014)). The DRM tasks consist of participants learning a list of words (e.g., candy, bake, sugar, pie) that are associated with a word that was not presented in the …show more content…
Under the Metamemory the False Memory experiment was pressed using the touchpad on the computer. Once pressed, the next screen to appear was a page that showed the estimated time of the experiment, background information about the experiment and instructions on how to do the experiment. Scrolling further down on the screen, using the touchpad, was a blank square and blank buttons. To start the experiment, the Start Next Trial button was pressed using the touchpad. In the blank square a sequence of words was presented one at a time. Each word was displayed for one second. After all fifteen words were shown on the screen, the buttons underneath the square represented the list of words that was shown in the square. Some of the words that were shown in the square were not listed in the buttons, rather words that were not shown are all were listed in the buttons. Using the touchpad, the participant clicked on the words they remembered to be in the list that was presented in the trial, order did not