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SUBMITTER: Sanders KEG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6843748 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanders Kristin E G KEG Osburn Samuel S Paller Ken A KA Beeman Mark M
Psychological science 20191011 11
Many people have claimed that sleep has helped them solve a difficult problem, but empirical support for this assertion remains tentative. The current experiment tested whether manipulating information processing during sleep impacts problem incubation and solving. In memory studies, delivering learning-associated sound cues during sleep can reactivate memories. We therefore predicted that reactivating previously unsolved problems could help people solve them. In the evening, we presented 57 par ...[more]