Sleep enhances memory consolidation in children

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 304-310

  Ashworth, Anna ^a   Hill, Catherine M ^b   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^c   Dimitriou, Dagmara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memory; Paediatric; Sleep; Sleep dependent memory consolidation

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

MEMORY; PAEDIATRIC; SLEEP; SLEEP-DEPENDENT MEMORY CONSOLIDATION;

ACTIGRAPHY; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NAMES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84900310962     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12119     Document Type: Article

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