Date of Award
1995
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Psychology
Keywords
Psychology, Physiological.
Supervisor
Rourke, Byron P.,
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
The present study explores the relationship between human REM sleep and time-dependent memory consolidation processes. Specifically, it was hypothesized that differential effects on retention produced by post-learning REM sleep deprivation may be explained in terms of neuropsychological dissociations of task requirements. In order to test this possibility, a variety of memory tasks were assembled to be representative of subsets within both explicit/declarative and implicit/procedural domains. These include: Word Recognition, Word Fragment Completion, Tower of Hanoi, Corsi Block-Tapping Task, and the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure. Thirty-five undergraduate students from Trent University, Peterborough served as subjects. Subjects were presented with the stimulus materials in the evening, followed by random assignment to one of five sleep conditions: (1) Selective REM Sleep Deprivation; (2) Non-REM Sleep Deprivation; (3) Total Sleep Deprivation; (4) Lab Recorded Controls; or (5) Normally Rested Controls. Subjects were post-tested with the same materials after a 1-week retention interval. Results indicated that selective REM sleep deprivation following learning impaired retention of implicit priming and cognitive procedural learning while sparing explicit/declarative material. Results are discussed within a variety of theoretical frameworks, including distinct memory systems theories and accounts derived from the area of human information processing.Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1995 .C66. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 34-06, page: 2492. Adviser: Byron P. Rourke. Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1995.
Recommended Citation
Conway, James Arthur., "The relationship between memory disruptive effects of REM sleep deprivation and neuropsychological dissociations of task requirements." (1995). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4213.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/4213
