An ultra short episode of sleep is sufficient to promote declarative memory performance

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Lahl, Olaf ^a   Wispel, Christiane ^a   Willigens, Bernadette ^a   Pietrowsky, Reinhard ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Declarative memory; Napping; Recall; Retention; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 39049124254     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00622.x     Document Type: Article

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