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Research shows at continue to learn in our sleep

French research indicates we continue to learn once we're asleep
Posted by: admin , September 14, 2014
  • French research indicates that we continue to learn things once we fall asleep.
  • Specifically, it was found that if you start a task before nodding off, you can continue it once you have fallen asleep.
  • In the test, people were given a word (an animal or an object) and asked to press a button corresponding to whether they thought the word was an animal or an object. Once asleep, participants were given a new set of words. Brain wave activity was then monitored to see which regions lit up once a word was heard, indicating that processing was still continuing once asleep.
  • A previous study showed that we can learn to associate specific smells and sounds.

Read more:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26202-sleeping-brains-can-process-and-respond-to-words.html#.VBPNefldVws

http://www.health.ninemsn.com.au/healthnews/8904910/your-brain-keeps-learning-while-youre-asleep-study

 

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