TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Reconsidering the role of sleep for motor memory
JO  - Behavioral neuroscience
A1  - Cai, Denise J.
A1  - Rickard, Timothy C.
SP  - 1153
EP  - 1157
VL  - 123
IS  - 6
N2  - Previous studies suggest that sleep may play an important role in memory consolidation of motor skills. It has been difficult, however, to tease apart the effect of sleep from circadian and homeostatic factors. We examined the effect of sleep on a popular motor sequence task, utilizing a design that controlled for time of day and time since sleep between wake and sleep groups. When these factors were controlled, there was no benefit of sleep to motor memory, suggesting that previous work may have been influenced by circadian and homeostatic confounds.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-7044
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0017672
ID  - ref1
ER  -