Skill Memory: Mind the Ever-Decreasing Gap for Offline Processing

Skills continue to be enhanced even once practice has ceased. Such offline improvements were for a time regarded as the sole preserve of sleep, but recent work shows that they can occur within only a few seconds. Skills continue to be enhanced even once practice has ceased. Such offline improvements...

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Published in:Current biology 2019-04, Vol.29 (8), p.R287-R289
Main Author: Robertson, Edwin M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Learning
Memory
Motor Skills
Sleep
Time Factors
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Summary:Skills continue to be enhanced even once practice has ceased. Such offline improvements were for a time regarded as the sole preserve of sleep, but recent work shows that they can occur within only a few seconds. Skills continue to be enhanced even once practice has ceased. Such offline improvements were for a time regarded as the sole preserve of sleep, but recent work shows that they can occur within only a few seconds.
ISSN:0960-9822
1879-0445
DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.007