Age-related differences in sleep-based memory consolidation: A meta-analysis.
Neuropsychologia
; 97: 46-55, 2017 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-28161367
A period of post-learning sleep benefits memory consolidation compared with an equal-length wake interval. However, whether this sleep-based memory consolidation changes as a function of age remains controversial. Here we report a meta-analysis that investigates the age differences in the sleep-based memory consolidation in two types of memory: declarative memory and procedural memory. The meta-analysis included 22 comparisons of the performance between young adults (N =640) and older adults (N =529) on behavioral tasks measuring sleep-based memory consolidation. Our results showed a significant overall sleep-based beneficial effect in young adults but not in older adults. However, further analyses suggested that the age differences were mainly manifested in sleep-based declarative memory consolidation but not in procedural memory consolidation. We discussed the possible underlying mechanisms for the age-related degradation in sleep-based memory consolidation. Further research is needed to determine the crucial components for sleep-related memory consolidation in older adults such as age-related changes in neurobiological and cardiovascular functions, which may play an important role in this context and have the potential to delineate the interrelationships between age-related changes in sleep and memory.
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MEDLINE
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Sono
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Envelhecimento
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Consolidação da Memória
Tipo de estudo:
Systematic_reviews
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
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En
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2017
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Article