Sleep to Implement an Intention
Author(s) -
Susanne Diekelmann,
Ines Wilhelm,
Ullrich Wagner,
Jan Born
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.5665/sleep.2322
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , psychology , audiology , developmental psychology , medicine , computer science , operating system
Sleep supports the consolidation of new memories. However, this effect has mainly been shown for memories of past events. Here we investigated the role of sleep for the implementation of intentions for the future.
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