The role of sleep and practice in implicit and explicit motor learning

Cory A. Rieth, Denise J. Cai, Elizabeth A. McDevitt, Sara C. Mednick

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)470-474
Number of pages5
JournalBehavioural Brain Research
Volume214
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Consolidation
  • Fatigue
  • Motor memory
  • Napping
  • Pursuit motor learning
  • Sleep

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