COGS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Prefrontal Cortex, Synapse, Human Brain
27 Jan 2018
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World class musicians rated sleep as highly relevant for their performance improvement. Top musicians found to nap more in afternoon than group of music teachers. Furthermore, duration of napping decreased during weekend, when ample time for relaxing activities such as leisure was available. Consolidates memories, leading to sleep based improvements even without further practice. A-c list (take word from a, combine it with something new) Blanket-village pair will get messed up if learning anything other than blanket-village. 2 groups, wake group & sleep group. Idea of interference - idea that information in memory messes itself up. Study a-b, sleep, study a-c, tested on a-b. Study a-b, stay awake, study a-c, tested on a-b. Claim - sleep protects memories from interference. Participants instructed to tap 4-1-3-2-4 on keyboard w/ non-dominant hand as quickly and accurately as possible" for period of 30 seconds. They had twelve 30s training trails w/ twelve 30s rest periods in between.
