Sequence skill acquisition and off-line learning in normal aging

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 4; no. 8; p. e6683
• Main Authors: Brown, Rachel M, Robertson, Edwin M, Press, Daniel Z
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 19.08.2009; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Adults; Age; Age differences; Aging; Aging - physiology; Brain; Cognition; Cognitive ability; Consolidation; Experimental psychology; Explicit knowledge; Female; Geriatrics; Humans; Learning; Male; Memory; Middle Aged; Motor skill learning; Neurobiology; Neurological Disorders/Cognitive Neurology and Dementia; Neurology; Neuroscience/Cognitive Neuroscience; Neuroscience/Experimental Psychology; Neuroscience/Motor Systems; Neurosciences; Older people; Reaction time; Reaction time task; Skills; Sleep; Studies; Young adults; United States > US; Massachusetts

It is well known that certain cognitive abilities decline with age. The ability to form certain new declarative memories, particularly memories for facts and events, has been widely shown to decline with advancing age. In contrast, the effects of aging on the ability to form new procedural memories...