Sleep is implicated in cognitive functioning in young adults. With increasing age, there are
substantial changes to sleep quantity and quality, including changes to slow-wave sleep …

For the past two decades, it has generally been accepted that sleep benefits motor memory
consolidation processes. This notion, however, has been challenged by recent studies and …

Brain plasticity can be conceptualized as nature's invention to overcome limitations of the
genome and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. As such, plasticity is an intrinsic …

As the world's population ages, a deeper understanding of the relationship between aging
and motor learning will become increasingly relevant in basic research and applied settings …

Deterioration of motor and cognitive performance with advancing age is well documented,
but its cause remains unknown. Animal studies dating back to the late 1970s reveal that age …

Background A number of studies have applied transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to
physiologically characterize Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to monitor effects of …

The rise in the global population of older adults underscores the significance to investigate
age-related cognitive disorders and develop early treatment modalities. Previous research …

Behavioral studies indicate that older adults exhibit normal motor sequence learning (MSL),
but paradoxically, show impaired consolidation of the new memory trace. However, the …

For more than two decades, there have been extensive studies of experience-based neural
plasticity exploring effective applications of brain plasticity for cognitive and motor …

Sleep is necessary for the optimal consolidation of procedural learning, and in particular, for
motor sequential skills. Motor sequence learning remains intact with age, but sleep …