Classical conditioning during human NREM sleep and response transfer to wakefulness.
To assess learning abilities during human NREM sleep stages, five subjects underwent simple classical conditioning during stages 2-4 using heart rate (HR) as a measure. Results show (a) significant conditioning effect was observed during slow wave sleep (SWS; stage 3 + 4) but not during stage 2; (b) some evidence was obtained to support the view that conditioning effect during sleep transferred to wakefulness.
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Laboratory of Clinical Psychophysiology, Faculty of Education, Hokkaido University of Sapporo, Japan.
Morotomi
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D000328:Adult; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D004585:Electrooculography; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012895:Sleep, REM; D014851:Wakefulness