No Evidence for a Wakeful Rest Benefit on Associative Memory: A Within-Participant EEG Study
Marion Walter, Max Lacaze, Samuel Garcia, Nathalie Buonviso, Jane Plailly
This study finds no memory benefit from wakeful rest over a distraction task, with no EEG correlates of consolidation and methodological factors contributing to inconsistent results.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience