The role of sleep and practice in implicit and explicit motor learning.
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.
Rieth
Cory A
CA
University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychology, United States.
Cai
Denise J
DJ
McDevitt
Elizabeth A
EA
Mednick
Sara C
SC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*