Led by Philippe Peigneux - ULB Neuroscience Institute -, a group of researchers found that our learning capabilities are limited during slow wave sleep. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), they showed ...

Sleep consolidates memories and learning. Source: iStock/tommaso79 All day long, while we’re awake, our brains are busy. They take in the world, learn from our experiences, and form memories of what ...

You can swot up on vocabulary in your sleep, but only if you don’t confuse your brain in the process. Researchers have invited people to their sleep lab for a Dutch language course. You can swot up on ...

Learning while snoozing sounds like a dream come true (pun intended), but it’s not all that far-fetched. Keep reading to get the details on the role sleep plays in learning. Sleep is the secret sauce, ...

Which sleep stage is most important for learning: REM or non-REM? Does sleep improve learning by enhancing skills while people snooze, or by cementing those skills in the brain so that they're less ...

Harvard Medical School researchers discovered that 'sleeping on it' enhances brain performance, as published in JNeurosci. The study involved participants learning a typing sequence, revealing ...