Learning While Sleeping

February 17, 2019

Tess Murray

In the rapture of life and of living, I lift up my head and rejoice, And I thank the great Giver for giving The soul of my gladness a voice. In the glow of the glorious weather, In the sweet-scented, sensuous air, My burdens seem light as a feather They are nothing to bear.

In the strength and the glory of power, In the pride and the pleasure of wealth(For who dares dispute me my dower Of talents and youth-time and health?), I can laugh at the world and its sages I am greater than seers who are sad, For he is most wise in all ages Who knows how to be glad.

I lift up my eyes to Apollo, The god of the beautiful days, And my spirit soars off like a swallow, And is lost in the light of its rays. Are tou troubled and sad? I beseech you Come out of the shadows of strife Come out in the sun while I teach you The secret of life.

Come out of the world – come above it Up over its crosses and graves, Though the green earth is fair and I love it, We must love it as masters, not slaves. Come up where the dust never rises But only the perfume of flowers And your life shall be glad with surprises Of beautiful hours. Come up where the rare golden wine is Apollo distills in my sight, And your life shall be happy as mine is, And as full of delight.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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So it seems as though the people that tried to quit smoking, or learn something new while listening to recordings in their sleep may have actually been onto something, believe it or not.

As it turns out, according to a recent study, if done under the proper conditions, our brains are actually capable of learning new words. The human brain can take in information while sleeping.

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Participants were played recorded words pairings while asleep, and were given both a made up word and a second, real word.

If the pairings were presented to the sleeper during a specific type of brainwave, then they were shown to be able to answer questions about the words once they woke from their sleep.

Brain scans taken during these sleeping tests also showed similar neural activity to that of someone who learned a new word. When it comes to a new language though, you are still better off staying awake. The participants didn’t show to retain anything quite as complex as a new language.

If you’re traveling abroad, you’re out of luck.