Declarative Memory Consolidation and Sleep
Kimberly FennCognitive PsychologyPsych 200January 13, 2011
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Longterm Memory
Declarative Memory
Memory for facts,information, and events
Procedural Memory
Memory for skills, habits,and conditioning
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Traditional Memory Models
Short TermStore
Long TermStore
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After initial acquisition, memory remains in aweak or malleable state, susceptible to loss due tointerference or decay
Current Memory Models
Long TermStore
ConsolidationShort Term
Store
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Consolidation: the process by which memories arestrengthened and stabilized, increasing resistanceto interference and decay
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Absence of Sleep
• Impaired working memory• Decreased arousal• Increased RT to stimuli• Real-world consequences▫ Car accidents
▫ Comair Flight 5191 crash▫ Exxon Valdez oil spill
Why Sleep?
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• Proposed mechanism of consolidation: Offlineprocessing▫ Your brain “works on” information without any effort by
you
• Sleep provides a physiological state during which offlineprocessing can occur
Why Sleep?
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Procedure: Paired Associates Task
• Participants studied 40 word pairs
• Cued Recall Test – 40 word pairs▫ Feedback given on every trial
Error Correct response
• Trained to criterion: 60% correct
• Delayed cued recall test – 12 hours aftertraining
CAMP - TRAILBOOK - STORYCAT - TAILGLACIER - SNOWTOAST - EGGTEAM - CREWGALE - WINDANIMAL - FOX
Consolidation of declarative memory duringsleep
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Design
Day 1 Day 2
9:00 21:00 9:00
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Test II
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Declarative Memory and Sleep
• Recall of information is better after sleep than it wasprior to sleeping
• This effect is specific for an interval that includes sleep▫ No improvement is seen after waking
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A Memory Test….
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• Bed• Rest• Awake• Tired• Dream• Wake• Snooze• Blanket• Doze• Slumber• Snore• Nap• Peace• Yawn• Drowsy
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Declarative Memory and Sleep
• Sleep improves recall of paired associates
• This effect is specific for an interval that includes sleep▫ No improvement is seen after waking
• Does sleep simply strengthen a memory trace?
• Can sleep change the way that a memory is stored orthe ability to use a memory?
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Recall…
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Did you see the word snooze?
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Did you see the word dream?
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Did you see the word lamp?
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Did you see the word sleep?
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The List Bed Rest Awake Tired Dream Wake Snooze Blanket Doze Slumber Snore Nap Peace Yawn Drowsy
If you remembered seeing theword Sleep then youexperienced a false memory
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Does sleep affect the formation of false orillusory memory?
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• Sleep may promote associative generalization▫ Increased false memory
• Sleep may consolidate or strengthen truememory or prune false memory▫ Reduced false memory
False Memory and Sleep
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3 Studies with sleep manipulation
• DRM lists presented either Visually or Auditorally
• Visual recognition test▫ Studied items▫ Critical Lures▫ Unrelated Lures
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SLEEPBedRestAwakeTiredDreamWakeSnoozeBlanketDozeSlumberSnoreNapPeaceYawnDrowsy
Correct memory(Studied items)
Critical Lure
Day 1 Day 2
Condition 10:00 22:00 10:00
12 HourWake
Study Test
12 HourSleep
Study Test
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Results: Collapsed across experiments
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• Sleep reduces false memory without correspondingreduction in correct memory
• Sleep may be enhancing memory for the source ofthe information
False Memory and Sleep in the DRM Paradigm
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Is sleep strengthens an original memory, can itincrease resistance to misleading information?
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ProcedureI. StudySs watch film of two-car accident.
II. MisinformationSs estimate speed of cars when the cars ...
a) “smashed into each other”or
b) “hit each other”
Misinformation Effect
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41 mph
34 mph
1 week later: “Did you see brokenglass?”
“smashed” Ss “hit” Ss
% yes (incorrect) 32% 14%
(Loftus & Palmer, 1974)
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Misinformation and Sleep
• Procedure1. Video of robbery2. Misleading information
Questions about film
3. Recognition test Appeared in the film
Appeared only in questions (suggested memory)
Unrelated lures
• Two factors▫ Retention interval▫ Timing of misinformation
“At the beginning of the scene, a young man dressed injeans, a t-shirt and gloves entered the house. Did heappear to be in a rush when he entered?"
"Let’s begin at the start of the scene again. At the beginningof the film clip, the young man who entered the house wasdressed in jeans, a t-shirt and gloves. What color were thegloves?"
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9:00 21:00 9:00
Movie
Wake
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MisinformationTest
Movie MisinformationTest
Condition I: “Test”Condition II: “Movie”
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Correct Recognition
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False RecognitionPr
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Misinformation and Sleep
• Sleep can have both positive and negative effects onmemory
• Sleep can protect memory from reconstruction▫ When misinformation occurs after sleep, participants are better able to
identify studied information and reject suggested information
• Sleep may increase false memory and increase memoryreconstruction▫ When misinformation occurs prior to sleep, false information may get
consolidated with veridical memory
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If sleep can increase resistance to misleading information,will sleep deprivation decrease resistance ?
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Sleep Deprivation
• Reduces working memory capacity
• Reduces frontal lobe function
• May reduce ability to acquire information
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Memory Susceptibility and Sleep Deprivation
• Procedure1. View pictures that depict a story2. Misleading information
• Read sentences that tell the same story, with false information
3. Multiple choice test4. Source test
• Independent Variable▫ Sleep vs. Sleep deprivation
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…She showed her friend the new South Park DVD.Her friend very much approved of her selection…
…She showed her friend the new South Park DVD.Her friend did not approve of her selection….
How does her friend react to her DVDselection?
a)He seems pleasedb)He seems displeasedc)He seems neutral
Source Test• I saw it in the pictures only• I saw it in the narrations only• I saw it in both and they were the same• I saw it in both and they conflicted with each other• I guessed
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22:00 00:00
Sleep
Lab ArrivalSet up for PSG
Lights Out
02:00 06:00 08:00 10:00
Lights On
Encoding PhaseMath Learning Task
MisinformationTest
48 hrs
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Math TestFree Recall Test
Sleep Deprivation
MoodAssessments
Snack
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Correct memory for story elements
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False memory for suggested information
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“Robust” False MemorySource Test• I saw it in the pictures only• I saw it in the narrations only• I saw it in both and they were the same• I saw it in both and they conflicted with eachother• I guessed
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• Memory performance is worse after sleep deprivation
• Correct memory for studied information is lower thanafter a full night of sleep
• Sleep deprivation increases susceptibility to misleadinginformation
Memory Susceptibility and Sleep Deprivation
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Overall: Sleep and Memory
• Sleep can improve declarative memory for studied information
• In some cases, sleep may also decrease false memory or increaseresistance to misleading information
• Sleep deprivation decreases memory performance for studiedinformation
• Sleep deprivation increases susceptibility to misleading information
Sleep is important. Study early. DoNOT pull an all-nighter before anexam! You will perform worse.
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