Visual discrimination task improvement: A multi-step process occurring during sleep

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 246-254

  Stickgold, Robert ^a   Whidbee, Dana ^b   Schirmer, Beth ^b   Patel, Vipul ^b   Hobson, J Allan ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0034011583     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892900562075     Document Type: Article

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