Skill learning: putting procedural consolidation in context.
Information acquired during skill learning continues to be processed long after practice has ceased. An important aspect of this processing is thought to be the transformation of a memory from a fragile to a stable state: a concept challenged by a recent study.
Robertson
Edwin M
EM
Center for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. emrobert@bidmc.harvard.edu
D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors