Enhancement of declarative memory performance following a daytime nap is contingent on strength of initial task acquisition

Sleep

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-203

  Tucker, Matthew A ^a,b   Fishbein, William ^a  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Declarative; Memory; Nap; NREM sleep; Sleep; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL TASK; NONREM SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP STAGE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; SEMANTICS; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 41449106962     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/31.2.197     Document Type: Article

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