Sleep and Recall: A Diary Study
Abstract
We relate sleep duration to word recall in 240 adults over 14 nights.
Introduction
Sleep and memory have been studied together for decades [1]. Diary methods are common in this field [2-3], although one review questions them [7].
Results
Figure 3 plots recall against sleep duration for the 240 adults and the 14 nights.
Table 1. Mean recall by sleep duration, in words out of 20.
| Sleep | Recall |
|---|---|
| Under 6 h | 11.2 |
| 6 h or more | 13.9 |
References
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