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Do words go to sleep? Exploring consolidation of spoken forms through direct and indirect measures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Nicolas Dumay*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdomhttp://www-users.york.ac.uk/~nd6http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mgg5
M. Gareth Gaskell*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdomhttp://www-users.york.ac.uk/~nd6http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~mgg5

Abstract

We address the notion of integration of new memory representations and the potential dependence of this phenomenon on sleep, in light of recent findings on the lexicalization of spoken words. A distinction is introduced between measures tapping directly into the strength of the newly acquired knowledge and indirect measures assessing the influence of this knowledge on spoken word identification.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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