Brain Continues to Learn, Even While Sleeping

Despite being asleep, the human brain did not come to rest. Researchers from Michigan State University, United States, found a clue that there are parts of the brain continues to learn while we sleep. But in the unconscious form of memory is not fully understood how it works.

"There is substantial evidence that human brains process information unconsciously during sleep," said researcher in psychology from Michigan State University, Kimberly Fenn, through the university's official website this week.

To process information during sleep, the brain using a special memory that has not been known previously. Learning activities during sleep contribute to the activity of memory in awake conditions.

Fenn examine the existence of this memory on 250 volunteers. He wanted to know whether individual differences in memory performance changes after sleep will correlate with the measurement of working memory capacity (WMC), which refers to the ability to maintain and manipulate information. At the end of the experiment, volunteers had to take a test of intelligence and talent.

Experimental results showed "memory sleep" gives a different effect on everyone. Some volunteers had improved thanks to the activity of memory retention sleep, while others tend not to change. However, participants generally suffer experimentally obtained memory improvement due to the memory of this unique activity.

"I and you could fall asleep in the same duration, but when you memory might wake up while my memory is not," said Fenn.

In order to get the positive effects of "memory sleep", he recommends a good night's sleep for everyone. "Improvement of sleep could potentially improve your performance in class," he said.

Based on data from the National Sleep Foundation, every year more and more sleep-deprived humans. As many as 63 percent of Americans are not getting enough sleep during the week. *** [MSU.EDU | ANTON WILLIAM | KORAN TEMPO 3662]

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