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| Title |
Motor Performance Is not Enhanced by Daytime Naps in Older Adults
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2016.00125 |
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| Authors |
Winifried Backhaus, Hanna Braass, Thomas Renné, Christian Gerloff, Friedhelm C. Hummel |
| Abstract |
The impact of sleep on motor learning in the aging brain was investigated using an experimental diurnal nap setup. As the brain ages several components of learning as well as motor performance change. In addition, aging is also related to sleep architectural changes. This combination of slowed learning processes and impaired sleep behavior raises the question of whether sleep can enhance learning and specifically performance of procedural tasks in healthy, older adults. Previous research was able to show sleep-dependent consolidation overnight for numerous tasks in young adults. Some of these study findings can also be replicated for older adults. This study aims to clarify whether sleep-dependent consolidation can also be found during shorter periods of diurnal sleep. The impact of midday naps on motor consolidation was analyzed by comparing procedural learning using a sequence and a motor adaptation task, in a crossover fashion in healthy, non-sleep deprived, older adults randomly subjected to wake (45 min), short nap (10-20 min sleep) or long nap (50-70 min sleep) conditions. Older adults exhibited learning gains, these were not found to be sleep-dependent in either task. The results suggest that daytime naps do not have an impact on performance and motor learning in an aging population. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Spain | 1 | 20% |
| Iraq | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 3 | 60% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 54 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 16% |
| Researcher | 8 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 7% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 17 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 18% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 9% |
| Sports and Recreations | 3 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 8 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2022.
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