Local Use-Dependent Sleep in Wakefulness Links Performance Errors to Learning

Sleep and wakefulness are no longer to be considered as discrete states. During wakefulness brain regions can enter a sleep-like state (off-periods) in response to a prolonged period of activity (local use-dependent sleep). Similarly, during nonREM sleep the slow-wave activity, the hallmark of sleep...

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Main Authors: Angelica Quercia, Filippo Zappasodi, Giorgia Committeri, Michele Ferrara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00122/full