Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task?
Here our goal was to determine the magnitude of sleep-related motor skill enhancement. Performance on the finger tapping task (FTT) was evaluated after a 90 min daytime nap (n=15) or after quiet wakefulness (n=15). By introducing a slight modification in the formula used to calculate the offline gai...
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| author | Sofia Isabel Ribeiro Pereira Felipe Beijamini Roberta Almeida Vincenzi Fernando Mazzilli Louzada |
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| description | Here our goal was to determine the magnitude of sleep-related motor skill enhancement. Performance on the finger tapping task (FTT) was evaluated after a 90 min daytime nap (n=15) or after quiet wakefulness (n=15). By introducing a slight modification in the formula used to calculate the offline gains we were able to refine the estimated magnitude of sleep׳s effect on motor skills. The raw value of improvement after a nap decreased after this correction (from ~15% to ~5%), but remained significantly higher than the control. These results suggest that sleep does indeed play a role in motor skill consolidation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d47f5d8fc40341cbbd9967613af01e6b2024-02-03T04:42:38ZengThieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.Sleep Science1984-00632015-01-01814810.1016/j.slsci.2015.01.001Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task?Sofia Isabel Ribeiro PereiraFelipe BeijaminiRoberta Almeida VincenziFernando Mazzilli LouzadaHere our goal was to determine the magnitude of sleep-related motor skill enhancement. Performance on the finger tapping task (FTT) was evaluated after a 90 min daytime nap (n=15) or after quiet wakefulness (n=15). By introducing a slight modification in the formula used to calculate the offline gains we were able to refine the estimated magnitude of sleep׳s effect on motor skills. The raw value of improvement after a nap decreased after this correction (from ~15% to ~5%), but remained significantly higher than the control. These results suggest that sleep does indeed play a role in motor skill consolidation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1984006315000061Motor skillsFinger tapping taskDaytime nap |
| spellingShingle | Sofia Isabel Ribeiro Pereira Felipe Beijamini Roberta Almeida Vincenzi Fernando Mazzilli Louzada Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? Sleep Science Motor skills Finger tapping task Daytime nap |
| title | Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? |
| title_full | Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? |
| title_fullStr | Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? |
| title_short | Re-examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills: How to access performance on the finger tapping task? |
| title_sort | re examining sleep׳s effect on motor skills how to access performance on the finger tapping task |
| topic | Motor skills Finger tapping task Daytime nap |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1984006315000061 |
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