Researchers show for the first time that sleep after learning encourages the growth of dendritic spines, the tiny protrusions from brain cells that connect to other brain cells and facilitate the ...

In a classic episode of Dexter's Laboratory, the boy genius inventor Dexter rigs up a machine to help him learn French while he sleeps. But the machine breaks and simply repeats "omlette du fromage" ...

Students often sacrifice sleep for late-night studying during exams. Adequate sleep improves memory, focus, and overall ...

Research suggests that both REM (rapid eye movement) and NREM (non-rapid eye movement) stages in the sleep cycle are ...

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated the causal context of why deep sleep is important to the learning efficiency of the human brain. They have developed a new, noninvasive method for ...

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 ...

Research from a team in Paris has found that new auditory memories can be formed while we sleep, as long as they are delivered during the right sleep phase. The idea we can form new memories while we ...

Scientists have understood for several years how connecting learning to specific odor cues can enhance memorization if the same smells are then presented during certain sleep phases. An impressive new ...

From in-person classes at school to remote learning, and from apps to tandem partners, there seems to be no end to tools and approaches that help you learn a new language. One seemingly wild idea is ...

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