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BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
卷 151, 期 1-2, 页码 167-176出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2003.08.013
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sequence structure; skill acquisition; serial reaction time; implicit learning; melatonin; rapid-eye-movement sleep; non-rapid-eye-movement sleep; fragment-based learning
Humans are able to learn complex sequences even without conscious awareness. We have studied the repercussions of circadian and sleep pressure on the ability to learn structured sequences using a serial reaction time task (SRT). Sixteen young healthy were studied in a 40-h constant posture protocol under high sleep pressure (i.e. sleep deprivation) and low sleep pressure conditions sleep satiation attained by multiple naps). Here we show that learning of different sequence structures improved after multiple naps, particular after naps that followed the circadian peak of rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep. This situation following sleep contrasted the lack of learning without sleep. We have evidenced that the observed amelioration of learning new sequences came about by short sub-fragments (chunks) of the sequence train. However, SRT performance did not deteriorate under high sleep pressure, the high level of sleepiness. Our data indicate that sequence learning is modulated by circadian phase, and the neurophysiological required for this type of learning is related to sleep. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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