This question has been a trending topic nowadays for research labs and universities. A lot of speculations arose but, nonetheless, no definite answer yet.
Some researchers would say that during the course of a person's sleep, there seems to be an accumulation of an unconscious form of memory, but is still yet to be understood. It's safe to say that even during sleep, the brain is continuously processing information without your awareness, and at a waking state, the said processed information may contribute to be part of your memory.
While other researchers are still in the process of understanding the complex process of the brain, a separate team of researchers had already introduced a new technique of learning while sleeping, they call it sleep learning. Sleep learning, as these researchers say, improves the power of your subconscious while sleeping, thus allowing you to digest learning materials better.
Some decades ago, some devices designed for the purpose of sleep learning were invented. The scheme was to introduce some knowledge into the person's subconscious during sleep, through slow intensity players placed near the person's head, then as the knowledge is being perceived by the brain unconsciously, the person might wake up after a couple of sessions with new knowledge stored in his brain without mental effort. Who knows what change it can bring to an individual's life if this is proven to be true. Philosophies may change, new knowledge learnt, opinions and beliefs might be altered.
But just like any other case, there's always a protagonist and antagonist in every story, and this is not an exception of course. Objections raised as well, with a good point also. As the method is claimed to be passive, it can only create "storehouses" of knowledge being unused fully by the body to which the brain belongs to, and are not really active knowledge, based on their level of mental growth.
With all of these claims, and interpretations, there's really no question as to how amazing the brain works, that even if a group of brains gather together just to study a part of the a single brain, it will still be to vast to comprehend. One thing is definite though, as long as you're alive, the brain continues to work, and as long as it continues to work, you will continue to learn.
In line with this, we can take note of one psychiatrist's research that said, "the unconscious mind that produces your dreams is your natural doctor and teacher". Once you learn the dream language and start understanding the unconscious messages, you become more intelligent. Thus, whether awake or asleep, you still learn.
The question now is how you put these acquired knowledge to life, because true learning is evidenced by action. But medically speaking, it's always good to have enough sleep for us to have a good performance at school or at work. It pays to be well-rested.
Let's treat our brains as much as we treat our bodies. It's not impossible to learn during sleep, but what's most important is what happens when you are awake.
Discover how you can learn while you sleep and find out how easy it is to use sleep learning.
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