Citation

Rothwell J. Curr. Biol. 2011; 21(8): R287-8.

Affiliation

UCL Insitute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cub.2011.03.011

PMID

21514513

Abstract

A new study has found that individuals who were rewarded while they learned a motor task performed it much better one month later than those who were punished or received nothing. Long-term memories depend on events experienced during learning.

Language: en