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