Sleep and Memory

Question 1

Sleep and Semantic memory

Answer 1

Category learning paradigm: sleep benefits memory for object categories → promotes a better understanding of the shared structure (how things are related to each other)

Question 2

Procedural memory

Answer 2

If you wake someone up early in the night during SWS, they are better at episodic memory - Paired associate list
If you wake someone up late in the night during REM, they are better at procedural memory - mirror tracing
Motor sequence task - perform better with sleep