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The brain is still active while we are asleep, say scientists, who found people were able to classify words during their slumber.
Researchers from Cambridge and Paris introduced participants to a word test while awake and found they continued to respond correctly while asleep.
The sleeping brain can perform complex tasks, particularly if the task is automated, the study says.
Further research will now focus on how to take advantage of our sleeping time.
Writing in the journal Current Biology, the research team set out to study the brain's behaviour while awake and during sleep.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29166466
Doesn't surprise me, I have solved many of the world's problems and invented all manner of useful devices whilst asleep. I've wandered alien landscapes, designed software systems and been on first name terms with Kate Bush as we shop around Sainsbury's. 😉
Researchers from Cambridge and Paris introduced participants to a word test while awake and found they continued to respond correctly while asleep.
The sleeping brain can perform complex tasks, particularly if the task is automated, the study says.
Further research will now focus on how to take advantage of our sleeping time.
Writing in the journal Current Biology, the research team set out to study the brain's behaviour while awake and during sleep.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29166466
Doesn't surprise me, I have solved many of the world's problems and invented all manner of useful devices whilst asleep. I've wandered alien landscapes, designed software systems and been on first name terms with Kate Bush as we shop around Sainsbury's. 😉