Does Listening To Tapes, Cd's Or Dvds At Night During Sleep REALLY help To Learn Things??

Question

For example French?

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Answer 1

No it's not, because your sleeping brain rejects all auditory signals which aren't loud enough to wake you up. Even if it made it as far as your subconscious, that could affect only low-level behaviour, and not high-level behaviour such as learning a language.

Short answer: If it did, everybody would be doing it.

Answer 2

I saw this on a show, they tried it.

NO!!

Answer 3

Not during the deep stages of sleep. The only stage of sleep where the brain actually understands audio is in stage 1. Although there is some evidence that auditory signals can be picked up in stage 2 of sleep, they are not remembered well. So in short, no. Its a waste of time. At most you would just hear it, but wouldn't comprehend it. The brain turns multiple senses off so it can restore neuro-function, especially in REM sleep. Now a person in a coma does understand and can comprehend audio, but that is not the same as sleeping.

If it was working, then I wouldn't be reviewing for tests awake... I would put in an audio CD! If only.... but it doesn't work. Although you may hear it, you won't remember it very well. So it might HELP, but not very much at all. But I have found that classical music helps me to sleep.

Answer 4

I heard about this a few times..

I'm really not sure though.

It could be possible =/

Answer 5

not really

but sleep is very important in learning because during REM sleep your short-term memory turns into long-term memory for retention of learned things

Answer 6

Well, I have fallen asleep while the `telly` was on and can`t remember how my film finished :)