The Effect of Sleep - Deprivation on Short-Term Recognition Memory.

Abstract

A multitrial probe-recogntion experiment was conducted using five male subjects under normal conditions and under conditions of 24-hour sleep-deprivation. Results indicated a predicted decrement in short-term recognition memory following sleep loss due to the increased incidence of lapses, periods of lowered reactive capacity, which apparently prevented the encoding of to-be-recognized items. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0784895

Entities

People

  • Donald Jay Polzella

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coding
  • Deprivation
  • Recognition
  • Sleep Deprivation

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology