Age-Related Changes in Sleep-Dependent Consolidation of Visuo-Spatial Memory
Healthy aging is associated with a reduction in slow-wave sleep (SWS), crucial for declarative memory consolidation in young adults; consequently, previously observed benefits of sleep on declarative learning in older adults could reflect a passive role of sleep in protecting memories from waking in...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2014
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| Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/115 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1073&context=masters_theses_2 |