Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9408084 | Cognitive Brain Research | 2005 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The acquisition of motor skill occurs with practice, but skill can also increase between sessions, a process termed “off-line learning”. Here, we investigated the amount of time required for the off-line development of skills. Participants were tested on an implicit version of the Serial Reaction Time Task and re-tested 1, 4 or 12 h later. Only those re-tested 4 h or 12 h after initial testing showed off-line improvements. This demonstrates that implicitly acquired skills can increase between sessions and the process occurs over hours.
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Authors
Daniel Z. Press, Melynda D. Casement, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Edwin M. Robertson,