Comments on: Brain listens, learns while we sleep

By: nagsekhar

nagsekhar — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 03:16:39 +0000

sometimes when i listening music at sleep suddenly i would get a break to turnoff my music…..so dis is the thing definitely happens in sleep.. but when we r in sleep some sounds couldnt recognize ..

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NHNE Pulse » Blog Archive » Thursday, December 10, 2009 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:03:46 +0000

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By: Arun

Arun — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:03:59 +0000

Could this mean students can learn if they can program a device to repeat ‘items to remember’ slowly using voice overs during sleep?

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:24:03 +0000

I slept through alot of college courses and didnt learn anything. lol I am always looking for ways to optimize my time and learning while I sleep would be great. My only question is how good is your sleep if you are listening to information. I frequently wake up during sleep with an answer to a question which supports the idea we think while we sleep but If we are trying to facilitate learning while sleeping I wonnder if that would hinder good sleep. Experts say you should not sleep with the TV on for optimal sleep.

By: enterhere

enterhere — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 04:17:55 +0000

@beena lovely comment haha :)

By: beena

beena — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:37 +0000

I guess I am learning as i listen my husband snore…

By: Allen R. Atkins

Allen R. Atkins — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:00:10 +0000

Seems that I recall during the late 50′s and into 60′s there were multiple such studies done at several locations across the country with much, much less positive results. NorthWestern may have been one of the research centers doing sleep learning experiments. Another interesting question that might be interesting, what is different between the subjects back then and today. Has something happened in this generations way of processing? In the 40′s babies and young children took naps in quiet rooms. Today and for the last decade or so, they take naps with all sorts of background sounds, to include TV’s, radio’s etc. Could a contributor be the environment in which we grew?

By: jean

jean — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:59:22 +0000

This sounds so great for learning new languages. If recordings of recent language lessons could be replayed during deep sleep. It might be especially good for getting the pronunciation right if our conscious brain isn’t cutting in with our first language pronunciation sounds.

By: Robert Maurice

Robert Maurice — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:48:12 +0000

Because roughly one-third of our lives are spent in a sleeping state, it is good to have substantiated this extra opportunity for learning. With so much potential knowledge to absorb in this modern era, we very much need to explore additional means for enhancing our intellectual pursuit. Your research is another important step forward in this process.