Sleep restriction impairs item memory discrimination but not general recognition in young adolescents

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• C21 Sleep before learning sets a limit on it

  Cross-over RCT, 47 youth 10–14: 5 nights 7.5 h vs 10 h in bed before encoding lowered lure discrimination (F(1,46)=4.74, p=.035) but not general recognition (p=.38) 20 min later. Pictures, short delay, mild dose — indirect; not a kill-condition test.