Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Sleep benefits perceptual but not movement-based learning of locomotor sequences

 

Motor-sleep

(n = 12)

Motor-wake

(n = 12)

Perceptual-sleep

(n = 12)

Perceptual-wake

(n = 12)

p-value

Age

25.3 ± 3.0

21.3 ± 4.0

22.2 ± 3.4

22.8 ± 4.6

0.084

Males:females

6:6

6:6

7:5

5:7

0.881

PSQI

3.2 ± 1.7

4.1 ± 1.3

4.6 ± 1.2

3.8 ± 0.8

0.077

MEQ-SA

52.8 ± 15.9

48.6 ± 11.3

51 ± 7.1

49.6 ± 12.9

0.845

SSS session 1

1.5 ± 0.7

1.8 ± 0.9

1.7 ± 0.8

1.8 ± 0.6

0.823

SSS session 2

1.8 ± 0.7

1.3 ± 0.5

1.8 ± 0.7

1.8 ± 0.6

0.190

Sleep (h)

7.2 ± 0.7

7.4 ± 0.8

6.9 ± 1.1

7.2 ± 0.8

0.628

  1. Mean and standard deviation are reported. PSQI Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (Score range: 0–21; Higher score = worse sleep quality), MEQ-SA Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire Self-Assessment Version (Score range: 16–86; Scores > 58 are “morning types”; Scores < 42 are “evening types”). SSS Stanford Sleepiness Scale (Score range: 1–7; Higher score = greater sleepiness). Sleep = Hours of sleep during the night before session 2.
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