Cognitive flexibility across the sleep-wake cycle: REM-sleep enhancement of anagram problem solving

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 317-324

  Walker, Matthew P ^a   Liston, Conor ^a   Hobson, J Allan ^a   Stickgold, Robert ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Norepinephrine; Prefrontal cortex; REM sleep; Sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; DREAMING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; VOCABULARY; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0036840301     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(02)00134-9     Document Type: Article

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