Sleep spindles are burstlike signals in the electroencephalogram (EEG) of the sleeping
mammalian brain and electrical surface correlates of neuronal oscillations in thalamus. As …

Motor learning encompasses a wide range of phenomena, ranging from relatively low-level
mechanisms for maintaining calibration of our movements, to making high-level cognitive …

Dynamics of Skill Acquisition, Second Edition, provides an analysis of the processes
underlying human skill acquisition. As the first text to outline the multidisciplinary ecological …

While sleeping, many vertebrate groups alternate between at least two sleep stages: rapid
eye movement and slow wave sleep,,–, in part characterized by wake-like and synchronous …

Replay is the reactivation of one or more neural patterns that are similar to the activation
patterns experienced during past waking experiences. Replay was first observed in …

The study of brain plasticity has tended to focus on the synapse, where well-described
activity-dependent mechanisms are known to play a key role in learning and memory …

Although its true function remains unclear, sleep is considered critical to human
physiological and cognitive function. Equally, since sleep loss is a common occurrence prior …

The literature base regarding the development of sporting talent is extensive, and includes
empirical articles, reviews, position papers, academic books, governing body documents …

Over more than a century of research has established the fact that sleep benefits the
retention of memory. In this review we aim to comprehensively cover the field of “sleep and …

Daytime sleepiness, sleep deprivation, and irregular sleep schedules are highly prevalent
among college students, as 50% report daytime sleepiness and 70% attain insufficient …