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Paradoxical sleep increases predict successful learning in a complex operant task.

Smith, Carlyle, Wong, Paul T.·1991·Behavioral Neuroscience

Abstract

The sleep of 16 Sprague-Dawley rats was continuously monitored both before and during task acquisition. Eight rats were exposed in turn to autoshaping, 10-response fixed-ratio (FR 10), and sequential operant (SO) tasks. They all learned the autoshaping and FR 10 tasks with equal ease. However, 4 rats were unable to solve the SO task and were labeled as slow learning (SL). The other 4 rats did learn the task and were labeled as fast learning (FL). FL rats exhibited more paradoxical sleep than either the SL group or the two control groups. The results suggest a subtle, but as yet unknown, biological difference between FL and SL rats within the Sprague-Dawley strain.

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  • The magnitude of learning-induced increases in REM sleep parameters has been linked to capabilities of learning in animals and humans.

    “In addition to baseline amounts of REM sleep, the magnitude of learning-induced increases in REM sleep parameters have been linked to capabilities of learning in animals (1110) and humans (1114).”

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Authors
Smith, C., & Wong, P. T.
Affiliations
Trent University (CA)
Venue
Behavioral Neuroscience
Published
1991
Volume
105
Issue
2
Pages
282-288
ISSN
  • 0735-7044 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0084
OpenAlex
W2062080137
Cited by
74
References
16
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 9 · 2017: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 1
FWCI
0.47
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
REM sleep, learning speed, operant conditioning, autoshaping, fixed-ratio schedules, individual differences in learning, rats, sleep and learning
MeSH terms
Animals, Arousal, Attention, Cerebral Cortex, Circadian Rhythm, Conditioning, Operant, Electroencephalography, Rats, Inbred Strains, Reaction Time, Mental Recall, Sleep, REM, Rats

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