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. 2019 Apr 22;29(8):R287-R289.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.007.

Skill Memory: Mind the Ever-Decreasing Gap for Offline Processing

Edwin M Robertson  1
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Skill Memory: Mind the Ever-Decreasing Gap for Offline Processing

Edwin M Robertson. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Skills continue to be enhanced even once practice has ceased. Such offline improvements were for a time regarded as the sole preserve of sleep, but recent work shows that they can occur within only a few seconds.

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