Daytime sleep condenses the time course of motor memory consolidation
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Two behavioral phenomena characterize human motor memory consolidation: diminishing susceptibility to interference by a subsequent experience and the emergence of delayed, offline gains in performance. A recent model proposes that the sleep-independent reduction in interference is followed by the sleep-dependent expression of offline gains. Here, using the finger-opposition sequence-learning task, we show that an interference experienced at 2 h, but not 8 h, following the initial training prevented the expression of delayed gains at 24 h post-training. However, a 90-min nap, immediately post-training, markedly reduced the susceptibility to interference, with robust delayed gains expressed overnight, despite interference at 2 h post-training. With no interference, a nap resulted in much earlier expression of delayed gains, within 8 h post-training. These results suggest that the evolution of robustness to interference and the evolution of delayed gains can coincide immediately post-training and that both effects reflect sleep-sensitive processes.
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- Authors
- Korman, M., Doyon, J., Doljansky, J., Carrier, J., Dagan, Y., & Karni, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Haifa (IL)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Corresponding author
- Korman, Maria
- Venue
- Nature Neuroscience
- Published
- 2007-08-12
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1206-1213
- ISSN
- 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1726
- OpenAlex
- W2124540568
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 8
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- FWCI
- 8.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature 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 › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
- Keywords
- motor memory consolidation, daytime sleep, napping, interference, sequence learning, finger opposition, sleep-dependent memory consolidation
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Female, Humans, Inhibition, Psychological, Male, Memory, Motor Skills, Practice, Psychological, Reaction Time, Retention, Psychology, Sleep, Task Performance and Analysis, Time Factors, Wakefulness
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