title: Skill learning: putting procedural consolidation in context.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Center for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. emrobert@bidmc.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Edwin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Robertson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors