Human Brain Still Can Learn While Sleeping

Still Learn While Sleeping

East Lansing, Michigan, any teacher would not like it if there are students who fall asleep during the course. But the latest research results might change the attitude of the teachers, because it turns out the human brain during sleep can still learn.

A study conducted by Prof. Kimberly Fenn from Michigan State University indicates, the level of human tranquility during sleep is different. There is a very quiet until it is completely asleep, there are still secretly agitated because his brain is still working.

In people whose sleep is not really quiet, one part of the brain are still working memory or memory is sleeping sleep. Part of this work outside of human consciousness, so it can process information while asleep.

"There is a fairly strong evidence that during sleep the brain is still processing information without realizing it. This capability can increase overall memory on awakening," said Prof. Fenn as quoted from Health24, Thursday (09/29/2011).

The brain's ability to run the memory sleep claimed is a new finding, because all this has not been defined. Various studies have shown there is still aktigf parts of the brain during sleep, but only perform the function settings and not to process information.

Fenn says, this ability also varies in each individual, so not everyone can learn while you sleep. There has been no method to measure this ability, even intelligence tests that exist today are also not able to measure memory capabilities sleep.

But according to Fenn, the brain's ability to run the memory of sleep can be a reason to give enough time for sleep. This means do not think sleep is a waste of time, because during sleep the brain would still think and process information.

"Simply put, improving the quality of sleep will greatly enhance your learning achievement in the classroom," said Fenn who recently reported their findings in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.