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22 pages · journal articleParticipants who slept within three hours of studying recalled 23% more word pairs a week later than those who stayed awake for twelve. The effect held after controlling for baseline memory scores.
The authors note a small sample (n = 48), all university students, and that sleep was self-reported rather than measured.
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