Regarding Sleep, Memory, and the Interference Theory of Forgetting, Which

question 158

Multiple Choice

Regarding sleep, memory, and the interference theory of forgetting, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A)Sleeping after one studies can reduce the forgetting caused by interference.
• B)REM sleep and dreaming appear to help us form certain types of memories.
• C)Forgetting due to interference appears to apply only to sensory and short-term memory and not long-term memory.
• D)It is not completely clear if new memories alter existing memory traces or if they make it harder to retrieve earlier memories.

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