Classical Conditioning During Human NREM Sleep and Response Transfer to Wakefulness
Author(s) -
Kazunari Ikeda,
Takashi Morotomi
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/19.1.72
Subject(s) - non rapid eye movement sleep , wakefulness , conditioning , sleep (system call) , psychology , slow wave sleep , sleep stages , heart rate , classical conditioning , audiology , k complex , developmental psychology , anesthesia , polysomnography , neuroscience , medicine , electroencephalography , blood pressure , mathematics , statistics , computer science , operating system
To assess learning abilities during human NREM sleep stages, five subjects underwent simple classical conditioning during stages 2-4 using heart rate (HR) as a measure. Results show (a) significant conditioning effect was observed during slow wave sleep (SWS; stage 3 + 4) but not during stage 2; (b) some evidence was obtained to support the view that conditioning effect during sleep transferred to wakefulness.
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