Practice mode Psychology

Why are we usually unable to remember information presented in the seconds just before falling asleep?

Correct answer D. encoding failure

Explanation

As we drift into sleep, attention fades and the information is never properly encoded into long-term memory, so it cannot later be retrieved.

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