Sex differences in sleep-dependent perceptual learning

Vision Research

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 172-179

  McDevitt, Elizabeth A ^a,b,d   Rokem, Ariel ^c,e   Silver, Michael A ^c   Mednick, Sara C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalization; Memory consolidation; Napping; Perceptual learning; REM sleep; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTION DIRECTION DISCRIMINATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PERCEPTUAL LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907025379     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: 18785646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2013.10.009     Document Type: Article

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