Overview

• Researchers monitored EEG activity in 25 adults who learned a typing sequence and then took a monitored nap
• Cortical areas engaged during training showed elevated sleep spindle activity throughout the nap
• Increased spindles in motor execution regions correlated with stronger retention of the learned sequence
• Separate bursts in motor planning cortices forecast participants’ performance improvements after the nap
• Findings offer a unified framework for leveraging sleep rhythms to optimize learning and rehabilitation strategies