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. 2015 Sep 7;6:1354. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01354

Table 1.

Sleep PSG parameters for the non-learning and learning night.

No explicit knowledge (n = 41)
Explicit knowledge (n = 12)
Non-learning night Learning night Non-learning night Learning night
Duration measures (min)
Total time in bed (TIB) 495 ± 69 477 ± 53 481 ± 51 461 ± 48
Total sleep time (TST) 469 ± 39 464 ± 45 452 ± 36 448 ± 46
Sleep onset latency 25 ± 10 13 ± 10 29 ± 13 13 ± 6
SE (TST/TIB) % 95 ± 2 97 ± 2 94 ± 3 97 ± 2
Latency to SWS 25 ± 15 13 ± 4 34 ± 29 15 ± 6
Latency to REM sleep 85 ± 36 60 ± 19 83 ± 33 56 ± 16
Duration of sleep stages (% of TST)
Wake 4.6 ± 3.9 2.2 ± 4.6 4.8 ± 4.2 0.8 ± 1.2
Stage 1 4.5 ± 2.1 1.9 ± 1.8 5.4 ± 2.1 1.2 ± 0.6
Stage 2 49.1 ± 6.4 44.5 ± 6.5 47.8 ± 6.4 44.8 ± 6.8
SWS (Stages 3 + 4) 14.9 ± 3.6 20.3 ± 5.2 15.1 ± 4.1 21.5 ± 4.5
REM sleep 24.9 ± 4.7 29.7 ± 6.1 25.3 ± 5.1 30.5 ± 4.7
Movement time 1.9 ± 1.2 1.9 ± 1.8 1.8 ± 0.9 1.3 ± 0.9
Rate of SST (Number of transitions per hour)
Total SST 4.5 ± 0.9 4.1 ± 0.8 6.0 ± 1.1 5.9 ± 1.1
SST to Wake 1.2 ± 0.5 0.5 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 0.4
SST NR–RN 1.4 ± 0.4 1.5 ± 0.3 2.1 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 0.3
SST: S1, S2, and SWS 1.3 ± 1.1 2.0 ± 0.9 2.6 ± 1.0 3.3 ± 1.0

Shown are group mean values ± SD. SE, sleep efficiency; SWS, slow wave sleep; REM, rapid eye movement; SST, sleep stage transitions; NR, non-REM (NREM) to REM (transitions); RN, REM to NREM (transitions); SST: S1, S2 and SWS, transitions between Stage 1, Stage 2 of NREM sleep and SWS.