Our brains have an extraordinary ability to adapt and learn, a process known as neuroplasticity. From navigating a new city to mastering a new skill, neuroplasticity allows us to reshape our neural ...

A study from the University of South Australia reveals that NREM sleep improves language learning by synchronizing brainwave activity, enhancing memory consolidation. Participants who slept performed ...

The concept of “sleep learning” has been around for a long time. Back in the 1980s, subliminal self-help cassette tapes were all the rage, promising to help sleepers learn new languages and skills, ...

New Weizmann Institute of Science research may bring the idea of sleep learning one step closer to reality. The research, which appears in The Journal of Neuroscience, suggests that certain kinds of ...

These distinct tests enabled the scientists to observe specific hippocampal activity during learning and then memory replay and consolidation in sleep. Because of the way our pupils change in response ...

It’s the middle of the night. Your body is still, your breathing slow. While you dream of forgotten high school exams and flying through cityscapes, something remarkable is happening in your brain.