Good night’s sleep can make you ‘Guitar Hero’ champ
June 9th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANIWashington, June 9 (ANI): You can become a pro in “Guitar Hero” after a good sleep, according to a new research.
The study indicates that the improvement in performance accuracy on “Guitar Hero III” was greater after a night of sleep than after a similar length of daytime wakefulness.
At acquisition participants played about 61 percent of the notes correctly.
Performance accuracy improved to 63 percent in the wake condition and 68 percent in the sleep condition.
There was a significant correlation between sleep duration and the total percent improvement across sleep.
“Consistent with previous studies, these results demonstrate a significant link between sleep and motor learning. Our results extend this link to include more complex and ecologically-valid tasks. This is important as these results indicate that sleep can help consolidate the skills that people encounter in their daily lives,” said principal investigator Dr. Kevin Peters, associate professor in the department of psychology at Trent University in Ontario, Canada.
The researchers studied 15 college students - 13 women and two men - with a mean age of 20 years.
Participants completed both the wake (9 a.m. to 9 p.m.) and sleep (9 p.m. to 9 a.m.) conditions, which were separated by one week.
For each condition they played one of two songs on the Activision video game “Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock” until they reached an accuracy level of 50 to 75 percent.
After the 12-hour interval they played the song twice at retest.
Sleep duration was measured by actigraphy.
Peters added that he plans to continue using the popular video game to study the relationship between sleep and learning.
“We intend to follow up on this in the future by examining how the amount of time spent playing the game affects brain activity during subsequent sleep,” he said.
The study will be presented in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC. (ANI)
- Sound sleep improves motor learning skills - Jun 09, 2010
- Guns N' Roses files $20m lawsuit against 'Guitar Hero' makers - Nov 25, 2010
- Video games improve shooting accuracy - May 01, 2012
- Joss Stone cast as the Bond girl in a video game - Jul 19, 2010
- Video games 'help cystic fibrosis patients keep their airways clearer' - May 01, 2011
- Too much or too little sleep may accelerate cognitive aging by 4 to 7 years - May 02, 2011
- 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' sets new five day sales record with over $650 million - Nov 19, 2010
- Early to bed, early to rise makes you fit - Sep 30, 2011
- Jon Bon Jovi disapproves use of Kurt Cobain's image in Guitar Hero video game - Sep 18, 2009
- Violent video games increase aggression for as long as 24hrs after playing - Sep 21, 2010
- Short and long sleep ups blood pressure in third trimester of pregnancy - Oct 02, 2010
- Courtney Love feels Kurt Cobain would've enjoyed Guitar Hero video game - Jan 30, 2010
- Internet program helps young children and moms sleep well - Apr 02, 2011
- Sleep extension improves athletic performance - Jun 08, 2009
- Girls benefit from playing video games with parents - Feb 01, 2011
Tags: 13 women, accuracy level, actigraphy, brain activity, daytime wakefulness, department of psychology, dr kevin, good sleep, guitar hero, guitar hero iii, guitar hero iii legends of rock, legends of rock, ontario canada, performance accuracy, playing the game, principal investigator, san antonio texas, trent university, two songs, video game