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Impaired motor memory for a pursuit rotor task following Stage 2 sleep loss in college students

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SMITH, CARLYLE, MACNEILL, CHRISTINE·1994·Journal of Sleep Research
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2869.1994.tb00133.x
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SUMMARY It has recently been reported that selective REM sleep deprivation (REMD) in college students results in memory impairment of the application of a set of rules in a logic task, but not recall of a paired associate task. The present experiments were designed to examine the effects of Total Sleep Deprivation (TSD) and (REMD) following acquisition of a pure motor task, the pursuit rotor. In Experiment 1, subjects ( N = 90) were exposed to TSD for one of several nights following training. Results showed that TSD on the same night as training resulted in poorer performance on retest one week later. In Experiment 2, subjects ( N = 42) were exposed to various kinds of sleep deprivation on the night of task acquisition. One group was subjected to REMD. Other groups included a non‐REM awakening control group (NREMA), a TSD group, a normally rested Control group and a group allowed the first 4h of sleep in the night before being subjected to TSD (LH‐TSD) for the rest of the night. Results showed the REMD and Control groups to have excellent memory for this task while the TSD and LH ‐ TSD subjects had significantly poorer memory for the task. The NREMA group showed a slight, but not significant deficit. It was concluded that Stage 2 sleep, rather than REM sleep was the important stage of sleep for efficient memory processing of the pursuit rotor task.

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  • Memory for a simple motor task is impaired after selective stage 2 sleep deprivation.

    “There is consistent evidence for an involvement of stage 2 sleep and sleep spindles in motor learning (139,396,822,862,921), and memory for a simple motor task is impaired after selective stage 2 sleep deprivation (1112, 1117).”

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    The Discussion (p. 5) reports poorer pursuit-rotor memory after total or last-half-of-night sleep deprivation and identifies Stage 2 loss as the most plausible explanation. But the Groups section (p. 4) shows that Stage 2 was not selectively deprived; the selective deprivation targeted REM sleep. The claim is therefore supported for motor-memory impairment associated with Stage 2 loss, but not for impairment after selective Stage 2 deprivation. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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SMITH, C., & MACNEILL, C.
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Trent University (CA)
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SMITH, CARLYLE
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SMITH, CARLYLE
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Journal of Sleep Research
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1994-12
Volume
3
Issue
4
Pages
206-213
ISSN
  • 0962-1105 (ISSN-L)
  • 1365-2869
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2869.1994.tb00133.x
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W2021872021
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Language
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
sleep deprivation, total sleep deprivation, REM sleep deprivation, motor memory, pursuit rotor task, stage 2 sleep, memory consolidation, motor skill learning, university students

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