Practice with sleep makes perfect: sleep-dependent motor skill learning Export

@article{Walker2002, abstract = {Improvement in motor skill performance is known to continue for at least 24 hr following training, yet the relative contributions of time spent awake and asleep are unknown. Here we provide evidence that a night of sleep results in a 20\% increase in motor speed without loss of accuracy, while an equivalent period of time during wake provides no significant benefit. Furthermore, a significant correlation exists between the improved performance overnight and the amount of stage 2 NREM sleep, particularly late in the night. This finding of sleep- dependent motor skill improvement may have important implications for the efficient learning of all skilled actions in humans.}, author = {Walker, M. P. and Brakefield, T. and Morgan, A. and Hobson, J. A. and Stickgold, R.}, citeulike-article-id = {2472971}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {adolescent, adult, bibtex-import, brainphysiology, circadian, female, govt, human, learningphysiology, male, memoryphysiology, motor, neuropsychological, non-phs, phs, rhythmphysiology, skillsphysiology, sleepphysiology, support, tests, us, wakefulnessphysiology}, number = {1}, posted-at = {2008-03-05 13:23:20}, priority = {2}, title = {Practice with sleep makes perfect: sleep-dependent motor skill learning}, volume = {35}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Walker2002 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2472971 N2 - Improvement in motor skill performance is known to continue for at least 24 hr following training, yet the relative contributions of time spent awake and asleep are unknown. Here we provide evidence that a night of sleep results in a 20% increase in motor speed without loss of accuracy, while an equivalent period of time during wake provides no significant benefit. Furthermore, a significant correlation exists between the improved performance overnight and the amount of stage 2 NREM sleep, particularly late in the night. This finding of sleep- dependent motor skill improvement may have important implications for the efficient learning of all skilled actions in humans. IS - 1 JF - Neuron TI - Practice with sleep makes perfect: sleep-dependent motor skill learning VL - 35 KW - adolescent KW - adult KW - bibtex-import KW - brainphysiology KW - circadian KW - female KW - govt KW - human KW - learningphysiology KW - male KW - memoryphysiology KW - motor KW - neuropsychological KW - non-phs KW - phs KW - rhythmphysiology KW - skillsphysiology KW - sleepphysiology KW - support KW - tests KW - us KW - wakefulnessphysiology AU - Walker, MP AU - Brakefield, T AU - Morgan, A AU - Hobson, JA AU - Stickgold, R PY - 2002/// ER -