Abel, Magdalena and Baeuml, Karl-Heinz T. (2013) Adaptive memory: The influence of sleep and wake delay on the survival-processing effect. JOURNAL OF COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY, 25 (8). pp. 917-924. ISSN 2044-5911, 2044-592X
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Processing items in terms of their survival value leads to superior memory relative to many deep (semantic) processing tasks. To date, such survival processing has been investigated with short delay intervals only, ignoring possible effects of longer wake and sleep delay. In this study, subjects performed orienting tasks that induced survival or deep (semantic) processing of single items. A surprise memory test was administered after a short delay or a delay of 12 hours that included either sleep or wake; a cued-recall test was conducted in Experiment 1, and an item-recognition test in Experiment 2. Survival-processing effects were present regardless of delay, and their size was not influenced by delay interval. While wake delay reduced memory for both item types, sleep compared to wake enhanced their memory. These results suggest that the survival-processing effect is fully maintained across longer delay, regardless of whether the interval is filled with wake or sleep.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | LONG-TERM RETENTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; ENHANCES MEMORY; CHILDREN; Survival processing; Deep processing; Delay; Sleep; Forgetting |
| Subjects: | 100 Philosophy & psychology > 150 Psychology |
| Divisions: | Psychology and Pedagogy > Institut für Psychologie > Lehrstuhl für Psychologie IV (Entwicklungs- und Kognitionspsychologie) - Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Bäuml |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2020 07:16 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2020 07:16 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15633 |
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