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Can you learn a language in your sleep? We found you may be able to pick up some words

By Matthieu Koroma, FNRS Postdoctoral Researcher, Université de Liège

From Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World to Dexter’s Laboratory cartoon series, sleep-learning has been a recurring theme in fiction. The idea that we can learn while asleep has fascinated many, but whether it is sheer fantasy or scientifically possible has long remained a mystery.

Now, thanks to neuroimaging, we know that the brain is far from inactive while we sleep and continually reacts…

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