Dependence on REM sleep of overnight improvement of a perceptual skill.

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Summary

Performance of a basic visual discrimination task improved after a normal night's sleep, indicating that a process of human memory consolidation, active during sleep, is strongly dependent on REM sleep.

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Published
1994-07-29
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Sleep (system call), Sleep deprivation, Psychology, Non-rapid eye movement sleep, Slow-wave sleep

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