Awareness Modifies the Skill-Learning Benefits of Sleep

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 208-212

  Robertson, Edwin M ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,b   Press, Daniel Z ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

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EID: 1242333268     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(04)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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