Does sleep protect memories against interference? A failure to replicate.

Across a broad spectrum of memory tasks, retention is superior following a night of sleep compared to a day of wake. However, this result alone does not clarify whether sleep merely slows the forgetting that would otherwise occur as a result of information processing during wakefulness, or whether s...

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Main Authors: Carrie Bailes, Mary Caldwell, Erin J Wamsley, Matthew A Tucker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220419