Effect of Total Sleep Deprivation on Visual Sequential Memory Mohammad Habibur

Azmi, Hassan and Mohammad Habibur, Rahman Khan and Salim, Hossain (2018) Effect of Total Sleep Deprivation on Visual Sequential Memory Mohammad Habibur. Psychology, 9 (9). pp. 2337-2352. ISSN 2152 -7180

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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 < 0.001). Findings are discussed in the light of previous findings and theories in that VSM is the capability of an individual to perceive the visual properties of an object by eyes, a skill vitally necessary for many areas of work, like visual tracking, air traffic controlling, military task, marksmanship, screening, surgery, healthcare service, policing and so on.

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