Developing Sensorimotor Systems in Our Sleep

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-37

  Blumberg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

activity dependent development; atypical development; developmental plasticity; myoclonic twitching; recovery of function; REM behavior disorder; REM sleep; sensorimotor integration; spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923928285     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414551362     Document Type: Article

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