TITLE:
Effect of Total Sleep Deprivation on Visual Sequential Memory
AUTHORS:
Mohammad Habibur Rahman Khan, Salim Hossain, Azmi Hassan
KEYWORDS:
Sleep Deprivation, Total Sleep Deprivation, Visual Sequential Memory, Cultural Issue
JOURNAL NAME:
Psychology,
Vol.9 No.9,
September
13,
2018
ABSTRACT: A substantial number of studies support the role of sleep deprivation (SD) on sleep-dependent memory processing. Our present study investigated the effect of Total Sleep Deprivation (TSD) on Visual Sequential Memory (VSM). Two-randomized group design was followed to collect the data where experimental group (33 adults) was kept totally sleep deprived for 24 hours a day and the control group (36 adults) was not. A subtest of Test of Memory and Learning (Reynolds & Bigler, 1994) was used to measure VSM. Results revealed a significant decline in VSM for TSD (t = 3.914, p