Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4314151 | Behavioural Brain Research | 2010 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Sleep is hypothesized to play a functional role in the consolidation of memory, with more robust findings for implicit, than explicit memory. Previous studies have observed improvements on an explicit motor task after a sleep period. We examined the role of massed practice and sleep on implicit and explicit learning within a motor task. Controlling for non-sleep factors (e.g. massed practice, circadian confounds) eliminated both explicit and implicit learning effects that have been attributed to sleep.
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Authors
Cory A. Rieth, Denise J. Cai, Elizabeth A. McDevitt, Sara C. Mednick,