Journal article
Memory in 3-month-old infants benefits from a short nap
- Abstract:
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A broad range of studies demonstrate that sleep has a facilitating role in memory consolidation (see Rasch & Born, ). Whether sleep-dependent memory consolidation is also apparent in infants in their first few months of life has not been investigated. We demonstrate that 3-month-old infants only remember a cartoon face approximately 1.5-2 hours after its first presentation when a period of sleep followed learning. Furthermore, habituation time, that is, the time to become bored with a sti...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Developmental Science Journal website
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 3
- Article number:
- e12587
- Publication date:
- 2017-07-18
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-05-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1467-7687
- ISSN:
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1363-755X
- Pmid:
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28722249
- Source identifiers:
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709457
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- Language:
- English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:709457
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- pubs:709457
- Deposit date:
- 2018-03-06
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- John Wiley & Sons Ltd
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at: https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12587
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