Open AccessHypnopaedia or sleep learning: Overview on methods and results
Author(s) -
Sevasti Kapsi,
Spyridoula Katsantonis,
Athanasios Drigas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research, society and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2525-3409
DOI - 10.33448/rsd-v10i7.14721
Subject(s) - memory consolidation , sleep (system call) , boosting (machine learning) , cognition , cognitive psychology , consolidation (business) , psychology , affect (linguistics) , computer science , cognitive science , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , communication , accounting , hippocampus , business , operating system
Although sleep seems to be an inactive state of mind and body, it is closely connected to memory consolidation and cognitive enhancement. Since memory and learning are strongly related, a new field of research develops, which is called after the term of hypnopaedia or sleep-learning. Knowledge about the functions of sleep, along with techniques that are applied on/after a learning task, contributes to the scientific data about brain boosting. Both Slow Wave Sleep and dreaming, affect cognitive functions. During sleeping, learning gets accelerated, the accuracy in data processing rises, unsolved problems get solved, and entrepreneurial ideas come into light. In the following review of researches about sleep and learning, the most important results are presented.