Metaphysics & Psychology
Dreaming is the brain's way of learning
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T.K. RandallApril 23, 2010 ·
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New research has boosted the idea that sleep and dreaming can help the brain to learn things.
The study demonstrated that those who went to sleep and dreamt about a task they had been performing were able to perform it better when they woke up. Volunteers were shown a 3d maze and were asked to escape it a few hours later, those who were given the chance to sleep during that time and dreamt about the maze were able to solve it quicker than those who stayed awake.
A new research has offered more evidence for some long-held notions that sleep and dreams boost learning. According to researchers of the study, people who take a nap and dream about a task they've just learned perform it better upon waking than either those who don't sleep at all or those who sleep but don't report any associated dreams.
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Yahoo! News |
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