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Sleep modulates word-pair learning but not motor sequence learning in healthy older adults
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Sleep benefits memory across a range of tasks for young adults. However, remarkably little is known of the role of sleep on memory for healthy older adults. We used 2 tasks, 1 assaying motor skill learning and the other assaying nonmotor/declarative learning, to examine off-line changes in performance in young (20-34 years), middle-aged (35-50 years), and older (51-70 years) adults without disordered sleep. During an initial session, conducted either in the morning or evening, participants learned a motor sequence and a list of word pairs. Memory tests were given twice, 12 and 24 hours after training, allowing us to analyze off-line consolidation after a break that included sleep or normal wake. Sleep-dependent performance changes were reduced in older adults on the motor sequence learning task. In contrast, sleep-dependent performance changes were similar for all 3 age groups on the word pair learning task. Age-related changes in sleep or networks activated during encoding or during sleep may contribute to age-related declines in motor sequence consolidation. Interestingly, these changes do not affect declarative memory.
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“A diminished capability to consolidate hippocampus-dependent memory (for word pairs) was not confirmed in a recent study by Wilson et al. (1324) including, besides young subjects, middle-aged (30 -55 years) as well as old (55-70 years) participants.With reference to retention rates across daytime wake intervals, sleep improved retention rates in all age groups to the same extent.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wilson, J. K., Baran, B., Pace-Schott, E. F., Ivry, R. B., & Spencer, R. M. C.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Corresponding author
- Spencer, Rebecca M.C.
- Venue
- Neurobiology of Aging
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-05
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 991-1000
- ISSN
- 0197-4580 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3307877
- OpenAlex
- W2129215099
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 8.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Neurobiology of Aging (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH (K99/R00AG029710, P01 NS040813)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Keywords
- sleep, memory consolidation, motor sequence learning, word pair learning, older adults, age-related memory decline, declarative memory, motor skill learning
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Aging, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Skills, Mental Recall, Sleep, Verbal Learning, Young Adult
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