Offline contributions to early skill learning (opens in new tab)

Memory consolidation is a critical process in learning, with new information and skills strengthened ‘offline’ during periods of rest. Research has typically investigated consolidation over hours–days, but recent work has identified rapid consolidation across a scale of seconds, termed ‘micro-consolidation’. Behaviourally, micro-consolidation has been interrogated through manipulations of rest/practice duration, sequence task paradigms, and the addition of interference or dual tasking. The re...