Increased sleep fragmentation leads to impaired off-line consolidation of motor memories in humans.

A growing literature supports a role for sleep after training in long-term memory consolidation and enhancement. Consequently, interrupted sleep should result in cognitive deficits. Recent evidence from an animal study indeed showed that optimal memory consolidation during sleep requires a certain a...

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Main Authors: Ina Djonlagic, Julian Saboisky, Andrea Carusona, Robert Stickgold, Atul Malhotra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3314699?pdf=render