ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2016
Motor Performance Is not Enhanced by Daytime Naps in Older Adults.
Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Daytime Napping and Cognitive Health in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Benefits and risks of napping in older adults: A systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of a Short Daytime Nap on the Cognitive Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Impact of spindle-inspired transcranial alternating current stimulation during a nap on sleep-dependent motor memory consolidation in healthy older adults.Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2025Article
- Daytime napping and Alzheimer's dementia: A potential bidirectional relationship.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2023Article
- Association Between Nap Duration and Cognitive Functions Among Saudi Older Adults.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Better later: evening practice is advantageous for motor skill consolidation in the elderly.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2021Article
- Role of Napping for Learning across the Lifespan.Current sleep medicine reports · 2020Article
- A Delayed Advantage: Multi-Session Training at Evening Hours Leads to Better Long-Term Retention of Motor Skill in the Elderly.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2019Article
- Can Daytime Napping Assist the Process of Skills Acquisition After Stroke?Frontiers in neurology · 2018Article
- Adult Gross Motor Learning and Sleep: Is There a Mutual Benefit?Neural plasticity · 2018Review
- A Nap But Not Rest or Activity Consolidates Language Learning.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
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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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