Sleep, cognition, and normal aging: integrating a half century of multidisciplinary research

MK Scullin, DL Bliwise - Perspectives on Psychological …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

Age-dependent and coordinated shift in performance between implicit and explicit skill learning

D Nemeth, K Janacsek, J Fiser - Frontiers in computational …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
It has been reported recently that while general sequence learning across ages conforms to
the typical inverted-U shape pattern, with best performance in early adulthood, surprisingly …

Mild cognitive impairment affects motor control and skill learning

Q Wu, JSY Chan, JH Yan - Reviews in the Neurosciences, 2016 - degruyter.com
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a transitional phase between normal cognitive aging and
dementia. As the world population is aging rapidly, more MCI patients will be identified …

The complexity of measuring reliability in learning tasks: An illustration using the Alternating Serial Reaction Time Task

BC Farkas, A Krajcsi, K Janacsek, D Nemeth - Behavior Research Methods, 2024 - Springer
Despite the fact that reliability estimation is crucial for robust inference, it is underutilized in
neuroscience and cognitive psychology. Appreciating reliability can help researchers …

Is procedural memory enhanced in Tourette syndrome? Evidence from a sequence learning task

Á Takács, A Kobor, J Chezan, N Éltető, Z Tárnok… - Cortex, 2018 - Elsevier
Procedural memory, which is rooted in the basal ganglia, underlies the learning and
processing of numerous automatized motor and cognitive skills, including in language. Not …

Is there more room to improve? The lifespan trajectory of procedural learning and its relationship to the between-and within-group differences in average response …

D Juhasz, D Nemeth, K Janacsek - PLoS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Characterizing the developmental trajectories of cognitive functions such as learning,
memory and decision making across the lifespan faces fundamental challenges. Cognitive …

Is reaction time slowing an early sign of Alzheimer's disease? A meta-analysis

D Andriuta, M Diouf, M Roussel… - Dementia and Geriatric …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Although simple reaction time (SRT) slowing is associated with dementia in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), its presence in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is …

Do temporal factors affect whether our performance accurately reflects our underlying knowledge? The effects of stimulus presentation rates on the performance …

M Kiss, D Nemeth, K Janacsek - Cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
Ample evidence shows that the momentary performance can dissociate from the underlying
knowledge (competence). Under what circumstances such dissociation occurs, however …

Statistical learning occurs during practice while high-order rule learning during rest period

R Quentin, L Fanuel, M Kiss, M Vernet… - NPJ Science of …, 2021 - nature.com
Knowing when the brain learns is crucial for both the comprehension of memory formation
and consolidation and for developing new training and neurorehabilitation strategies in …

Measuring and filtering reactive inhibition is essential for assessing serial decision making and learning.

B Török, K Janacsek, DG Nagy, G Orbán… - Journal of …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Learning complex structures from stimuli requires extended exposure and often repeated
observation of the same stimuli. Learning induces stimulus-dependent changes in specific …