Sleep learning yay or nay?

[bigfoot3000]

http://www.dailymail....lps-revise-sleep.html
Have any of you actually used sleep learning before to learn a new language, build confidence or stop smoking etc.. has it worked?

[rojash]

Tried it - didn't work, but did give me some really weird dreams!

[mibn2cweus]

I can see where learning a new language while you sleep could make your dreams unintelligible upon waking. But if sleep learning can teach you to stop smoking in your sleep, that might just be worthwhile.

[Buenchico]

I've never tried it in a formal way but as I suffer from sedatephobia (= fear of silence) I always have BBC World Service on at a very low level (so that I can only just hear it if I move my ear right next to the speaker) throughout the night. I do seem to know more about world affairs than many other people do ;-)

[welshlibranr]

No way, when you sleep, your brain needs to rest!...How can it rest when you're trying to make it learn at the same time!......

[mibn2cweus]

I would be a shame to learn an encyclopedia of knowledge forwards and backwards whilst sleeping and forget how to wake up . . .