A Rapid Form of Offline Consolidation in Skill Learning.

ABSTRACT: The brain strengthens memories through consolidation, defined as resistance to interference (stabilization) or performance improvements between the end of a practice session and the beginning of the next (offline gains) [1]. Typically, consolidation has been measured hours or days after the completion of training [2], but the same concept may apply to periods of rest that occur interspersed in a series of practice bouts within the same session. Here, we took an unprecedented close look at the within-seconds time course of early human procedural learning over alternating short periods of practice and rest that constitute a typical online training session. We found that performance did not markedly change over short periods of practice. On the other hand, performance improvements in between

SUBMITTER: Bonstrup M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482074 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature