Link Between Poor Sleep and Poor Learning in Older Adults Investigated
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 17:35
in Psychology & Sociology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are trying to decode why aging prevents sleep from enhancing memory. Rebecca Spencer, assistant professor of psychology, says she is trying to isolate the stage of sleep that provides the learning benefit and to discover more about the overall role sleep plays in learning.
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