The Relationship Between Teenagers’ Sleep Length and Short-term Visual Memory

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The Relationship Between Teenagers’ Sleep Length and Short-term Visual Memory

Miao Zhang 1*
  • 1 High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China    
  • *corresponding author qiaoceli051214@gmail.com
Published on 18 April 2024 | https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7048/44/20230028
LNEP Vol.44
ISSN (Print): 2753-7056
ISSN (Online): 2753-7048
ISBN (Print): 978-1-83558-357-9
ISBN (Online): 978-1-83558-358-6

Abstract

Sleep is an essential factor that influences people’s regular life. People sometimes feel frustrated in their work or studies the next day when they did not sleep well the night before. It is an issue bothering people, and therefore, finding out the principles of how sleep affects body regulation is significant work scientists nowadays are doing. Studies have shown the potential relationship between sleep, memory, and cognitive functions. This paper aims to find the possible relationship between sleep length and cognitive functions, specifically visual short-term memory. In this research, the author designed a visual-short-term-memory test to identify the impact of sleep length on adolescents aged between 16 to 18 years old’s memory performances. The participants showed their degree of short-term visual memory by identifying emotions and locations of faces on the screen that appears in only 15ms. The test results showed that sleep length and participants' visual short-term memory is related but not significant, and the relationship between sleep length and recognition of each emotion is not substantial.

Keywords:

Teenagers, sleep, cognitive functions, emotions, visual short-term memory

Zhang,M. (2024). The Relationship Between Teenagers’ Sleep Length and Short-term Visual Memory. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,44,51-55.
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References

[1]. Gradisar, M., Terrill, G., Johnston, A., Douglas, P. (2008). Adolescent sleep and working memory performance. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 6(3): 146–154.

[2]. Rypma, B., Prabhakaran, V., Desmond, J. E., Glover, G. H., Gabrieli, J. D. E. (1999). Load-Dependent Roles of Frontal Brain Regions in the Maintenance of Working Memory. NeuroImage, 9(2): 216–226.

[3]. Müller, N. G., Knight, R. T. (2006). The functional neuroanatomy of working memory: Contributions of human brain lesion studies. Neuroscience, 139(1): 51–58.

[4]. Dixon, M. L., Thiruchselvam, R., Todd, R., Christoff, K. (2017). Emotion and the prefrontal cortex: An integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 143(10): 1033–1081.

[5]. Simione, L., Calabrese, L., Marucci, F. S., Belardinelli, M. O., Raffone, A., & Maratos, F. A. (2014). Emotion Based Attentional Priority for Storage in Visual Short-Term Memory. PLoS ONE, 9(5): e95261.

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Zhang,M. (2024). The Relationship Between Teenagers’ Sleep Length and Short-term Visual Memory. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,44,51-55.

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ISBN：978-1-83558-357-9(Print) / 978-1-83558-358-6(Online)
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Conference date: 13 October 2023
Series: Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media
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References

[1]. Gradisar, M., Terrill, G., Johnston, A., Douglas, P. (2008). Adolescent sleep and working memory performance. Sleep and Biological Rhythms, 6(3): 146–154.

[2]. Rypma, B., Prabhakaran, V., Desmond, J. E., Glover, G. H., Gabrieli, J. D. E. (1999). Load-Dependent Roles of Frontal Brain Regions in the Maintenance of Working Memory. NeuroImage, 9(2): 216–226.

[3]. Müller, N. G., Knight, R. T. (2006). The functional neuroanatomy of working memory: Contributions of human brain lesion studies. Neuroscience, 139(1): 51–58.

[4]. Dixon, M. L., Thiruchselvam, R., Todd, R., Christoff, K. (2017). Emotion and the prefrontal cortex: An integrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 143(10): 1033–1081.

[5]. Simione, L., Calabrese, L., Marucci, F. S., Belardinelli, M. O., Raffone, A., & Maratos, F. A. (2014). Emotion Based Attentional Priority for Storage in Visual Short-Term Memory. PLoS ONE, 9(5): e95261.

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