Table 1.
Mean and SEM (in brackets) for several measures of patterns within wrong answers. Contrasted between the wake group and the sleep group.
| Wake group mean (SEM) | Sleep group mean (SEM) | |
|---|---|---|
| Gains1 | 12.3 (0.90) | 12.3 (0.87) |
| Loss2 | 23.5 (1.49) | 20.79 (1.62) |
| Number of repeated wrong answers | 105.85 (6.36) | 114.03 (8.64) |
| Number of skipped answers3 | 7.83 (14.70) | −7.42 (10.32) |
| Proportion of skipped answers3 | 0.001 (0.026) | −0.024 (0.018) |
| Incorrect responses3 (excluding skipped answers) | 3.38 (14.10) | 15.89 (9.59) |
| Word-pool error3, 4 | 0.012 (0.009) | −0.006 (0.009) |
1
Correctly recalled during delayed recall, but not during immediate recall.
2
Correctly recalled during immediate recall, but not during delayed recall.
3
Difference between immediate and delayed recall.
4
Wrong answer was learned at another point in the experiment.