Sleep and motor learning: Is there room for consolidation?

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 812-834

  Pan, Steven C ^a   Rickard, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Motor sequence learning; Motor skills; Sleep consolidation; Sleep enhancement

Indexed keywords

AGE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP;

EID: 84934813853     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/bul0000009     Document Type: Article

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