Time, Sleep, and Stimulus Equivalence-Based Relational Memory

Relational memory is the ability to flexibly organize and integrate multiple sources of information to produce emergent outcomes. In tests for one type of relational memory—stimulus equivalence—arbitrary stimuli become related in ways not explicitly trained. Little is known, however, about whether stimulus equivalence-based relational memory ability differentially emerges during offline periods of either sleep or wake. In this study, 51 healthy...