Sleep can reduce the testing effect: It enhances recall of restudied items but can leave recall of retrieved items unaffected

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1568-1581

  Bäuml, Karl Heinz T ^a   Holterman C , Christoph ^a   Abel M , Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Restudy; Retrieval; Sleep; Testing effect

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL; SLEEP; VISION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921469354     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xlm0000025     Document Type: Article

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