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What drives slow wave activity during early non-REM sleep: Learning during prior wake or effort?

What is the function of sleep in humans? One claim is that sleep consolidates learning. Slow wave activity (SWA), i.e. slow oscillations of frequency < 4 Hz, has been observed in electroencephalograms (EEG) during sleep; it increases with prior wakefulness and decreases with sleep. Studies have c...

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Autores principales: Li, Ziyang, Sheth, Aarohi B., Sheth, Bhavin R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640223/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29028805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185681