Thread: Sleeping and studying at the same time.

I think some people do that without even being lucid.
I have absolutely no idea if it works but I can tell you that you can study in your dreams (if you had read it before already of course). If you read a page and think you cant remember any of it in a dream you do remember those things better than in real life.

A good example was a dance choreographie I just learned. We had only started it and I had no clue about the order of the different moves. But then I had a dream in which I danced that choreographie over and over again with no mistakes (I wasnt even lucid!) and when I woke up the next day I was able to go through the whole choreographie in the right order without any problems!

Imagine now you´re lucid and can actively "reread" and learn you study notes!

Originally Posted by Dissociation

I think some people do that without even being lucid.
I have absolutely no idea if it works but I can tell you that you can study in your dreams (if you had read it before already of course). If you read a page and think you cant remember any of it in a dream you do remember those things better than in real life.

A good example was a dance choreographie I just learned. We had only started it and I had no clue about the order of the different moves. But then I had a dream in which I danced that choreographie over and over again with no mistakes (I wasnt even lucid!) and when I woke up the next day I was able to go through the whole choreographie in the right order without any problems!

Imagine now you´re lucid and can actively "reread" and learn you study notes!

Thank you for the reply, I wasn't intending to be lucid when I try this, but want to know if one can passively take in info when they are sleeping from an external source.

That's pretty cool about your dance routine , I've had similar things where something might be on my mind all day, or I have an issue just be taught something and didn't quite get it, then dreams about it and the problem is resolved or I understand it more clearly.

From my own experience, my brain seems to organize data that I have absorbed during the day when I'm asleep. That's why when I have exams coming up, I cram most of my study in just before I go to bed and wake up with a fresh understanding of the concepts I covered the previous night.

As for absorbing information during your sleep, I would have to pass. You might find it helpful to read or listen to your notes as you're winding down and getting ready to go to sleep though.