After being challenged by a video game problem, sleep increases the chance to solve it

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Beijamini, Felipe ^a   Pereira, Sofia Isabel Ribeiro ^a   Cini, Felipe Augusto ^a   Louzada, Fernando Mazzilli ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NAP; NEOCORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECREATION; REM SLEEP; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGIC; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP STAGES; VIDEO GAMES; WAKEFULNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897382954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084342     Document Type: Article

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