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Redefining memory consolidation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Mercedes Atienza  and
Jose L. Cantero
Mercedes Atienza*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, University Pablo de Olavide, 41013Seville, Spain
Jose L. Cantero*
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences, University Pablo de Olavide, 41013Seville, Spain
*
matirui@dex.upo.es
jlcanlor@dex.upo.es
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Abstract

Based on brain state-dependent behavioral changes, consolidation of sensorimotor memories has been posited to evolve in two different functional stages. Only the second of these stages requires sleep and leads to performance benefits. Recent results, however, suggest that sleep is not always crucial for the expression of delayed behavioral gains but might be critical for enhancing automaticity in the absence of attention, another expression of memory consolidation.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 64 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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