Monday, September 22, 2014

Learn while you sleep: with an iPhone can – AD.nl

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Learn while you sleep: According to an American company can. Everything you need to improve your knowledge by 30 percent is a smartphone and a sensor. But does it really work? While studying listening to a soundtrack that night will be replayed according to Venture Beat American company Sheepdog Sciences was founded by four scientists who specialize in sleep and biomedical research. At MEMC, the product your learning skills would improve by 30 percent than was also a lot of research beforehand.



While studying louse terje to a soundtrack that night will be played according to Venture Beat back the American company Sheepdog Sciences was founded by four scientists who specialize asleep and biomedical research. At MEMC, the product that you would improve learning skills by 30 percent than was also a lot of research beforehand.

MEMC, which stands for ‘Memory enhancement by modulated Consolidation’ (improve memory by modulated consolidation) consists of an iPhone app and a sleeping sensor with bluetooth that you wear on your wrist.

The system is simple: while studying you listen to a soundtrack through the app. At night sleep detector detects when you are deep asleep and the iPhone plays the same soundtrack again.

The so-called deep sleep is associated with the formation of long-term memories. By playing the music again is re-created an association with the subject matter. Thus, you would wake all have 30 percent better recall.

Memory Game

Too good to be true? Northwestern University examined whether the application also works outside of a laboratory. During a memory game, the subjects of 30 images had to remember the place. For each image a certain sound was played. During deep sleep, then 15 sounds were played again. When the participants played the game the next day again, they could see the pictures that they had indeed better locate. Heard the sound associated in their sleep

Sheepdog Sciences, the system still further point and want to start early in 2015.

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