A sleep schedule incorporating naps benefits the transformation of hierarchical knowledge.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

The learning brain establishes schemas (knowledge structures) that benefit subsequent learning. We investigated how sleep and having a schema might benefit initial learning followed by rearranged and expanded memoranda. We concurrently examined the contributions of sleep spindles and slow-wave sleep to learning outcomes.

Methods

Fifty-three adolescents were randomly assigned to an 8 h Nap schedule (6.5 h nocturnal sleep with a 90-minute daytime nap) or an 8 h No-Nap, nocturnal-only sleep schedule. The study spanned 14 nights, simulating successive school weeks. We utilized a transitive inference task involving hierarchically ordered faces. Initial learning to set up the schema was followed by rearrangement of the hierarchy (accommodation) and hierarchy expan

SUBMITTER: Aghayan Golkashani H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996033 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature