<ul><li>Any degree of sleep deprivation will weaken <strong>performance & learning, </strong>and can cause memory difficulties</li><li>the brain is not resting during sleep, it's <strong>consolidating memories </strong>and performing memory-related functions</li><li>Activity/practice during daytime (e.g. playing guitar)-> <strong>brain activity goes on</strong> even during sleep</li><li>The brain <strong>replays</strong> the activity, this helps in laying down this experience in our memory in a more durable/long-lasting manner</li><li>It's like improving transportation between 2 cities: the 2 towns interact more intensively with each other and function better as a result</li></ul>

Learning While Sleeping?

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    <p dir="ltr">September&nbsp;08,&nbsp;2014</p>
   </div><p>A good night's sleep leads to greater consolidation of a newly learned motor task than performing the same task not followed by sleep, new research shows.</p><p>"I think sleep has always intrigued a lot of people because not everyone even today believes sleep contributes to useful active processing in the brain," Karen Debas, PhD, neuropsychologist, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, told Medscape Medical News. </p><div>To continue reading this article ...</div><div><span>or</span></div><div dir="ltr">Continue reading your article with a Medscape account<br dir="ltr"><br dir="ltr">Join the Top Medical Resource for Physicians Today. Free Membership!</div><div>Recommendations</div><UL><LI><img src="https://img.medscapestatic.com/news/2014/dt_140903_senior_insomnia_sleepless_800x600.jpg?interpolation=lanczos-none&amp;resize=75:*" alt="Poor Sleep Quality Linked to Cortical Atrophy"></LI></UL>

More evidence is showing that sleep contributes to consolidation of memories of a newly learned task vs the same task not followed by sleep.

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<p>A good night's sleep leads to greater consolidation of a newly learned motor task than performing the same task not followed by sleep, new research shows. </p>

<p>"I think sleep has always intrigued a lot of people because not everyone even today believes sleep contributes to useful active processing in the brain," Karen Debas, PhD, neuropsychologist, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, told Medscape Medical News. </p>

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