Comments on: Experiments Show We Really Can Learn While We Sleep

By: Jorge

Jorge — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:15:59 +0000

One has to remember that this type of sleep is also where we have nightmares. So if the “learned” stimulus is rather unpleasant (or one does not want it) one may end up with nightmares rather than a nice sleep and can even be rather disturbing for the person. Just a thought/reminder about NREM type of sleep.

By: Noor

Noor — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:12:54 +0000

How can I apply it?? Do you mean that I have to record what I want to learn and listen to it during sleeping? But actually I guess that I can’t do it alone…I’ll have to get the help of another person to synchronise it with me,right??

By: Miron Gazda

Miron Gazda — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:51:04 +0000

… not if you’re hard of hearing, or even deaf.

By: Steve Baum

Steve Baum — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:41:20 +0000

How long does this period of slow deep sleep last? Does this happen before, or after the REM sleep? Are there any negative side affects of the mind absorbing/reinforcing this type of learning behavior? i.e. does subject feel same refreshness after a night’s sleep? Are there similar results for subjects in 90 minute nap periods, and subjects perfoming sleep during normal routine of their day?

By: Tom Ressler

Tom Ressler — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:29:42 +0000

I found that the best way to memorize my foreign language (Russian and French) vocab lists was to study them just before going to sleep. It was far and away more effective and efficient than any other way. I almost always awoke in the morning knowing them all (20 to 30 words a night) for just 15 minutes of review.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:14:24 +0000

Seems like a good app opportunity to pair with the Jawbone UP. The UP would sense when you are in deep sleep and the phone would start playing your pre-recorded “reinforcement” audio files…..

By: Giwan

Giwan — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 06:17:51 +0000

Is there any negative effect to “overusing” your brain this way? If there is none, this is great to help our brains improve at a faster rate.

Giwan

By: Steven Collins

Steven Collins — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:02:06 +0000

This is cool, but I have a few questions.

If in fact one does introduce new external learning such as a language, what impact will that have on the brain’s natural processing of the day’s activities if the external learning was not related to reinforcing that day’s activity. Will we give up something important like common sense or learned activity useful to daily life?

If the researchers had their subjects receive the tunes in their sleep prior to training, would they have learned the tunes quicker than others that not heard them in their sleep?

Lastly, would there be a difference or a danger perhaps in introducing this sleep learning across the spectrum of REM and Deep sleep, will interrupting all the phases be a problem? Will learning devices be required to target specific sleep cycles verses a process of simply going to sleep listening throughout the night?

By: Lowell Wadsworth

Lowell Wadsworth — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:16:30 +0000

The Nave used this to teach people Morse code during the war!

By: Thomas Tyler

Thomas Tyler — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:14:27 +0000

To study the subconscience mind where 80+ % of capacity exists has long been neglected. Edison, Einstein, Dali and others have and realize this potential exists.
It is , when understood the next great frontier of education…Join the group…finally!

Classroom of the future!

By: rebecca seleme

rebecca seleme — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:08:30 +0000

I will love to be in one of the these studies. Does anyone know how to apply?