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Distributed Practice and Procedural Memory Consolidation in Musicians' Skill Learning.
- Source :
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Journal of Research in Music Education . Dec2011, Vol. 59 Issue 4, p357-368. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This research was designed to determine whether musicians' learning is affected by the time intervals interposed between practice sessions. Twenty-nine non-pianist musicians learned a 9-note sequence on a piano keyboard in three practice sessions that were separated by 5 min, 6 hr, or 24 hr. Significant improvements in performance accuracy were observed in Session 2 only in the group whose sessions were separated by 24 hr. There were significant increases in performance speed in Session 2 in all three practice conditions, results which likely were attributable to the inclusion of all Session 1 data in the analysis. Additional significant speed increases were observed in Session 3 only in the groups whose sessions were separated by 6 and 24 hr. These results suggest that sleep-based procedural memory consolidation may enhance performance accuracy in music skill learning, whereas enhancements in performance speed may be attributable to both wake- and sleep-based consolidation processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00224294
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Research in Music Education
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 70391731
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0022429411424798