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The Effect of Sleep on Working Memory:
A Meta-Analytic Review
Eleanor R. Whitfield1, Marcus J. Chen2
1Stanford University · 2MIT Department of Psychology
Abstract
We examined the relationship between sleep duration and working memory performance across 47 studies (N = 12,408). Findings suggest a moderate positive correlation (Whitfield & Chen, 2024), with effects strongest in adolescent samples...
References
Chen, M. J. (2023). Cognitive load and recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 142(3), 221–238.
Whitfield, E. R. (2022). The architecture of memory. Oxford University Press.
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