Changes in processing of masked stimuli across early- and late-night sleep: A study on behavior and brain potentials

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 180-192

  Verleger, Rolf ^a   Schuknecht, Simon Vitus ^a   Jaśkowski, Piotr ^a,b   Wagner, Ullrich ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ERPs; Learning; Masking; Metacontrast; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EXPLICIT MEMORY; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NIGHT SLEEP; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049126103     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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