Sleep spindles and learning potential

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Fogel, S M ^a,b   Nader, R ^a   Cote, K A ^b   Smith, C T ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interindividual differences; IQ; Learning potential; Rapid eye movement; Sigma; Sleep; Spindles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEARNING; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP SPINDLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP STAGES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33847273622     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.121.1.1     Document Type: Article

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