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Boosting Long-Term Memory via Wakeful Rest: Intentional Rehearsal Is Not Necessary, Consolidation Is Sufficient

People perform better on tests of delayed free recall if learning is followed immediately by a short wakeful rest than by a short period of sensory stimulation. Animal and human work suggests that wakeful resting provides optimal conditions for the consolidation of recently acquired memories. Howeve...

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Autores principales: Dewar, Michaela, Alber, Jessica, Cowan, Nelson, Della Sala, Sergio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4198139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25333957
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109542