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ArticleLearning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.)2021

Better later: evening practice is advantageous for motor skill consolidation in the elderly.

Maria Korman, Carmit Gal, Ella Gabitov, Avi Karni

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Article in Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria KormanDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-1895-0189
Carmit GalThe Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.
Ella Gabitov *McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0322-0757
Avi Karni *The Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4327-7416
Ariel University · ILMontreal Neurological Institute and Hospital · CAUniversity of Haifa · ILWestern Galilee College · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How does the time of day of a practice session affect learning of a new motor sequence in the elderly? Participants practiced a given finger tapping sequence either during morning or evening hours. All participants robustly improved performance speed within the session concurrent with a reorganization of the tapping pattern of the sequence. However, evening-trained participants showed additional gains overnight and at 1 wk posttraining; moreover, evening training led to a further reorganization of the tapping pattern offline. A learning experience preceding nocturnal sleep can lead to a task-specific movement routine as an expression of novel "how to" knowledge in the elderly.

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Practice, PsychologicalAgedAgingFemaleHumansMaleMemory ConsolidationMiddle AgedMotor SkillsTime Factors

Identifiers

PMID33593924
PMCPMC7888234
OpenAlexW3132208934

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