Relearn Faster and Retain Longer: Along With Practice, Sleep Makes Perfect

Psychological Science

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1321-1330

  Mazza, Stéphanie ^a   Gerbier, Emilie ^b   Gustin, Marie Paule ^c,d   Kasikci, Zumrut ^a   Koenig, Olivier ^a   Toppino, Thomas C ^e   Magnin, Michel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^b Laboratoire Bases   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

learning; relearning; repeated practice; sleep dependent memory consolidation; sleep wake cycle

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84990230860     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797616659930     Document Type: Article

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