In one study described in the textbook,Dewar and colleagues (2012)examined participants' retention of newly-learned material.Some participants experienced a 15-minute period of waking rest after learning the material.Other participants played a game after learning.The authors concluded that the waking-rest participants outperformed the games participants because:

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The waking rest likely aided encoding by allowing the brain to consolidate and strengthen newly-formed memories. Playing a game after learning may have been more likely to interfere with the encoding process.

In One Study Described in the Textbook,Dewar and Colleagues (2012)examined