title: Sleep deprivation increases formation of false memory.
abstract: Retrieving false information can have serious consequences. Sleep is important for memory, but voluntary sleep curtailment is becoming more rampant. Here, the misinformation paradigm was used to investigate false memory formation after 1 night of total sleep deprivation in healthy young adults (N = 58, mean age ± SD = 22.10 ± 1.60 years; 29 males), and 7 nights of partial sleep deprivation (5 h sleep opportunity) in these young adults and healthy adolescents (N = 54, mean age ± SD = 16.67 ± 1.03 years; 25 males). In both age groups, sleep-deprived individuals were more likely than well-rested persons to incorporate misleading post-event information into their responses during memory retrieval (P < 0.050). These findings reiterate the importance of adequate sleep in optimal cognitive functioning, reveal the vulnerability of adolescents' memory during sleep curtailment, and suggest the need to assess eyewitnesses' sleep history after encountering misleading information.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
authors.forename: June C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
authors.forename: Pearlynne L H
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chong
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
authors.forename: Shankari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ganesan
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ruth L F
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
authors.forename: Michael W L
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Chee
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000069077:Memory Consolidation / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: adolescents; adults; cognitive function; false memory; memory formation; sleep deprivation