If a researcher artificially enhances slow-wave sleep (SWS) in a subject learning a new motor skill, which consequence follows regarding memory consolidation?

💡 Explanation

Enhanced SWS promotes hippocampal-neocortical dialogue, driving memory consolidation; because neuronal replay strengthens newly acquired motor skills during SWS, motor performance should improve. Therefore, option D is correct, rather than other memory types being unaffected, since motor skill consolidation is specifically boosted.

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