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FOR KIDS: Learning in your sleep
Sleeping people can be taught to make connections betweens sounds and smells
Web edition: September 27, 2012
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Your brain is so eager to learn that it does so even while you sleep, scientists find.
Nat'l Inst. of Gen'l Med. Sci.
Sleeping and learning go hand in hand, studies have shown for years. Even a brief nap can boost your memory and sharpen your thinking. But the relationship goes deeper than that. In a new study, scientists report that the brain can actually learn something new during sleep.
Scientists used to believe that a sleeping brain was taking a break. But it turns out it can be taught a thing or two, scientists reported in a scientific journal published in August.
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L. Sanders. Brain learns while you snooze. Science News, Vol. 182, August 29, 2012. [Go to]
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