Sleep's function in the spontaneous recovery and consolidation of memories

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-183

  Drosopoulos, Spyridon ^a   Schulze, Claudia ^b   Fischer, Stefan ^c   Born, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Interference; Memory; Recovery; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 34248591159     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.136.2.169     Document Type: Article

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