Sleeping on the motor engram: the multifaceted nature of sleep-related motor memory consolidation

BR King, K Hoedlmoser, F Hirschauer, N Dolfen… - Neuroscience & …, 2017 - Elsevier
For the past two decades, it has generally been accepted that sleep benefits motor memory
consolidation processes. This notion, however, has been challenged by recent studies and …

How transcranial direct current stimulation can modulate implicit motor sequence learning and consolidation: a brief review

B Savic, B Meier - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The purpose of this review is to investigate how transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
can modulate implicit motor sequence learning and consolidation. So far, most of the studies …

Individual differences in implicit motor learning: task specificity in sensorimotor adaptation and sequence learning

A Stark-Inbar, M Raza, JA Taylor… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
In standard taxonomies, motor skills are typically treated as representative of implicit or
procedural memory. We examined two emblematic tasks of implicit motor learning …

Statistical learning leads to persistent memory: Evidence for one-year consolidation

A Kóbor, K Janacsek, Á Takács, D Nemeth - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Statistical learning is a robust mechanism of the brain that enables the extraction of
environmental patterns, which is crucial in perceptual and cognitive domains. However, the …

Acquisition and consolidation processes following motor imagery practice

C Ruffino, C Truong, W Dupont, F Bouguila… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
It well-known that mental training improves skill performance. Here, we evaluated skill
acquisition and consolidation after physical or motor imagery practice, by means of an arm …

Consolidation of complex motor skill learning: evidence for a delayed offline process

D Lugassy, J Herszage, R Pilo, T Brosh, N Censor - Sleep, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Following initial acquisition, studies across domains have shown that memories stabilize
through consolidation processes, requiring a post-acquisition temporal interval to allow their …

Lifespan developmental invariance in memory consolidation: evidence from procedural memory

E Tóth-Fáber, D Nemeth, K Janacsek - PNAS nexus, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Characterizing ontogenetic changes across the lifespan is a crucial tool in understanding
neurocognitive functions. While age-related changes in learning and memory functions have …

Age-dependent effect of transcranial alternating current stimulation on motor skill consolidation

S Fresnoza, M Christova, L Bieler, C Körner… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is the application of subthreshold,
sinusoidal current to modulate ongoing brain rhythms related to sensory, motor and …

Sleep preferentially enhances memory for a cognitive strategy but not the implicit motor skills used to acquire it

NH Van den Berg, J Al-Kuwatli, J Paulin, LB Ray… - … of Learning and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sleep is known to be beneficial to the strengthening of two distinct forms of procedural
memory: memory for novel, cognitively simple series of motor movements, and memory for …

Prefrontal theta—gamma transcranial alternating current stimulation improves non-declarative visuomotor learning in older adults

L Diedrich, HI Kolhoff, I Chakalov, T Vékony… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The rise in the global population of older adults underscores the significance to investigate
age-related cognitive disorders and develop early treatment modalities. Previous research …