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Filling one gap by creating another: Memory stabilization is not all-or-nothing, either

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Philippe Peigneux*
Affiliation:
Cyclotron Research Centre, University of Liège, B-4000Liège, Belgium
Arnaud Destrebecqz*
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science Research Unit, University of Bruxelles, B-1050Brussels, Belgiumhttp://www.ulg.ac.be/crchttp://srsc.ulb.ac.be
Christophe Hotermans*
Affiliation:
Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgiumhttp://www.chuliege.be/
Axel Cleeremans*
Affiliation:
Cognitive Science Research Unit, University of Bruxelles, B-1050Brussels, Belgiumhttp://www.ulg.ac.be/crchttp://srsc.ulb.ac.be

Abstract

Walker proposes that procedural memory formation involves two specific stages of consolidation: wake-dependent stabilization, followed by sleep-dependent enhancement. If sleep-based enhancement of procedural memory formation is now well supported by evidence obtained at different levels of cognitive and neurophysiological organization, wake-dependent mechanisms for stabilization have not been demonstrated as convincingly, and still require more systematic characterization.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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