• Citer

Early boost and slow consolidation in motor skill learning.

par Hotermans, Christophe;Peigneux, Philippe ;Maertens de Noordhout, Alain;Moonen, Gustave;Maquet, Pierre
Référence Learning & memory, 13, 5, page (580-583)
Publication Publié, 2006

Article révisé par les pairs

• Détails
• Contenu

Résumé :

Motorskill learning is a dynamic process that continues covertly after training has ended and eventually leads to delayed increments in performance. Current theories suggest that this off-line improvement takes time and appears only after several hours. Here we show an early transient and short-lived boost in performance, emerging as early as 5-30 min after training but no longer observed 4 h later. This early boost is predictive of the performance achieved 48 h later, suggesting its functional relevance for memory processes.