Sleep is associated with offline improvement of motor sequence skill in children.

In adults, sleep is necessary for the offline improvement of certain skills, such as sequential finger tapping, but whether children show a similar effect is still debatable. Here, we tested whether sleep is associated with offline performance improvement in children. Nine- and 11-year-old children...

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Main Authors: Sho K Sugawara, Satoshi Tanaka, Daisuke Tanaka, Ayumi Seki, Hitoshi T Uchiyama, Shuntaro Okazaki, Tastuya Koeda, Norihiro Sadato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4221057?pdf=render