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Sleep states and learning: A review of the animal literature

Smith, Carlyle·1985·Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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Animal studies are examined in relation to the sleep-learning hypothesis. It is concluded that the data best support the idea of special periods of paradoxical sleep (PS) within the 24 hour period which are specifically involved with the learning process. The onset and duration of these PS "windows" varies with strain of animal, type of task and number of training trials per session. Alternative explanations and theories are considered.

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  • In animals, REM sleep is consistently associated with strengthening of conditioned fear memories.

    “In animals, REM sleep has been consistently associated with a strengthening of conditioned fear memories (see sect.IIB; for reviews, see, e.g., Refs. 538, 807, 1092Refs. 538, 807, , 1094)).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [1092]

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Authors
Smith, C.
Affiliations
Trent University (CA)
Corresponding author
Smith, Carlyle
Venue
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1985
Volume
9
Issue
2
Pages
157-168
ISSN
0149-7634 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2025906954
Cited by
298
References
11
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
REM sleep, sleep states, learning, circadian rhythm
MeSH terms
Animals, Avoidance Learning, Cats, Electroshock, Environment, Learning, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Inbred Strains, Psychological Theory, Rabbits, Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Stages, Sleep, REM, Species Specificity, Time Factors, Mice, Rats

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